JM

I just wanted to note that I am thankful that the driver of the truck in your accident walked away with minor injuries, physically. Trying not to name names, but there is someone I know of who was in a very similar accident where the other car crossed the center line and ran into his truck. The at-fault driver in the other car died, and the driver of the truck was messed up as far as his ankle, back, etc. He recently moved to Florida for a fresh start and left his business up here for his brother to run, etc. He had a long recovery right after and I am sure there is more to come. He ran in marathons and I know he will never be able to run again because of the extensive damage that was done to his ankle. I know that his auto insurance covered everything and will continue to cover all of his medical expenses, but that won't give you your body back. I would have felt awful if John Meadows had been seriously injured. Thank you Lord for that!
   I know you would have felt bad too, sweet boy. I will have to let you know if we meet him and talk to him someday. I know you would have felt bad about what happened anyway. No one is mad at you-we know you didn't mean to do it. Like I said in one of the articles about the accident when it was ruled your fault that you would never have wanted to hurt yourself or anyone else.
   John is the husband of Ramona Meadows who works at Old National Bank where I think your cousin Ashley Sutton works (that must be awkward). I heard he felt terrible about the accident and had to take some time off of work. He was driving a work truck for Zurich or Crop Production Services. It was a big white or gray Chevy Silverado. I hate seeing those trucks around because they are so high and so huge and I know that is what ran into your tiny little car.
    I heard he came to your funeral. We didn't know he was there at the time but we heard he was sitting with Pastor Tuttle, the pastor of the Methodist church where your funeral was. We had Pastor Matt address him to let him know that we hope he didn't experience any "survivor's guilt" because that was your time to go to Heaven and he just happened to be in that place at that time. We wanted him to know that we knew you were safe with God and that he didn't have to feel bad about anything. I will give Dad the credit for that-he wanted to make sure that was said publicly. Hopefully it helped John feel better. It was nice of him to come to your funeral. It must have been very hard for him to do that. He was the only living eyewitness to the accident since neither of you had any passengers. Should be interesting to hear what he has to say about the accident someday. I will keep you posted.