horrible news, good news...

 I have great news and really sad news.

The sad news is, a great friend to me and Kevin, and a fellow Jeeper was involved in a highway accident that totalled his jeep...he walked away, sore, bruised and all that, but alive.....He sent me the dash cam video of him being rammed from behind on a highway of a van going over 75 mph....by all rights he should be dead...but, the Jeep saved his life.  He drove a Mojave Jeep, and its rugged solid construction saved him.

This got me to thinking about Bart Bryant, the pro golfer that was killed in an accident exactly like what happened to my friend.   Bart dated my sister,  he grew up in the same town I went to high school in...he was a neighbor and great friend and all around super nice individual, talented and smart....and his life was cut short by a distracted driver....

The driver that hit my Jeep friend, was also distracted, speeding and driving to closely to the Jeep on the highway....I believe that if Bart had been driving a Jeep, he might be alive today....I have seen so many horrible car accidents involving Jeeps, and the drivers of the jeeps walk away, while drivers in other cars do not.

I am so thankful for the automakers, engineers and the Jeep company for making strong sturdy vehicles.

The good news is, my dad has finally consented to live with my X husband.   My asshole brother, moved my dad into another facility, effectively cutting him off from the people he knew at the Baptist Retirement Village, and this upset my dad.  He called me (my dad) very depressed, crying and suicidal...I immediately called John and John told me he had been moved over two weeks ago, and nobody thought to tell me, or ask me if I thought that would be a good ideal....

When John went to visit him, he was told by staff that my dad has to have around the clock supervision...probably because of his depression and wanting to die, they call it "suicide watch" and this made my dad feel even worse, having to be babysat.  So John took him to run errands, then took him to his house and again said "dad, why don't you move in with me?" and my dad said "okay".....

John is planning on moving him in this Wednesday.  I believe this will help my dad to the most...he will be around family, he will not have to pay the exorbitant price for rent at that other place, and it is comfortable and he knows the neighbors.  I also believe, and said as much, that dad needs to be put on anti-depressants, and John agreed.

I really feel that when dad moves in, gets on the anti-depressents, his will to live will improve significantly.  I am so hopeful.

Dad spent the night with John last night...John saw first hand his anxiety and lack of sleep patterns...we discussed this, and John is in agreement that dad needs to be put on anxiety and anti-depressants.  That coupled with dad having someone to talk with, do bible study with, and pray with, not to mention see more of the kids and grandkids, will do wonders for his over all health and mental well-being.

Fingers crossed.

S