It stinks that my first real blog has to be about something so sad. Yesterday, Shane's cousin passed away.
Tommy was Shane's best friend growing up. They lived right next to each other and they spent their free time playing together as little boys. As they grew older, they sort of lost touch.
Shortly after Shane and I got married, he ran into Tommy and they started to talk once again. My fondest memory of Tommy was when he took us to dinner at Emeril's restaurant NOLA, where he was a chef. We were given the royal treatment. I also really enjoyed when he taught me how to make alligator eggrolls at a cooking demonstration he put on for our friends.
It seems like life got busy and before you know it, we lost touch with Tommy once again. We got a call Sunday that he was in a coma, an apparent drug overdose. He passed away yesterday evening. So tragic. I can tell my husband is hurting, but he tends to keep his emotions in. I know that it is upsetting to Shane that Tommy chose the path of drugs. This ended up becoming a good conversation starter for us with our kids in regards to drugs. We sat them down and had a long talk with them about what can happen to you if you choose drugs. They were very receptive to this conversation as they just had Red Ribbon Week at school. They are very sad that their Daddy lost his cousin.
So please say a prayer for Tommy's parents, sister, child, friends, and extended family.
Gone, but not forgotten.
