I've spent a large part of the day is disbelief, trying to stop the inevitable tears. Words can't express how horrified and sad I was (and still am) to hear about the death of Jeff Grey. I've spent the day talking to people, hearing the story piece by piece, the whole time wishing that I'll wake up to learn this was all just some terrible nightmare.
So many people have been so strong throughout all of this, so incredible. From what I've heard, the kids on that trip were amazing. That has to be the most horrible thing to have to go through,and to be as strong as they were..I don't know if I could have done that at their age (or even now). And Jeff Freeman....wow. Really, you're my hero. I know I already told you this, but I'm amazed at how strong you are.
The JN has an
article about what happened, as does the
Det News and others. His
My Space page is filled with notes from people who he impacted and his
blog is filled with lyrics to his music.
The funeral is tomorrow, and I hate that I can't be there. So for now it's just trying to hold back the tears, trying to get some rest, trying not to think about how unfair this all is, and honestly, trying to pretend that I'm not terrified that a tragedy like this could happen again.
I just feel so empty, so helpless. I've been keeping up with the news in Israel, dreading that I would G-d forbid hear about someone I know, and then out of nowhere I hear about this,something that obviously wasn't even on my radar. It's too much sadness in the world, too much randomness. How do you deal?How do you keep going, when your world is so shaken?
7/20 8:02 am
Update:Here's another
article from the Detroit News, by Laura Berman. This one has a few more details.
