Gay Cynie, I'm thinking about your challenge ...........................

but I kinda got knocked for a loop tonight .................. will post it when I can be more coherent ........................

Please keep some friends in your thoughts/prayers ………………………
C. was a young man who had a pretty rough upbringing ……………………….. he started using drugs at age 11 ………………………. but, over the past couple of years, he was turning his life around – he had a girlfriend of 6 years’ duration – they were expecting a baby – J. had gone with some friends to visit the friends’ relatives out of state – C. probably decided this was his “last hurrah”, that when J. returned, he would have to buckle down and ‘be responsible’, ie., no drugs, drinking, run-ins with the law, etc.
His body was found Monday – OD’d on some injectable – he was in his early 20s – what those of us older & with a medical bent believe happened was, that he’d been clean for so long, and whatever he put in the syringe was the strength he’d used way back when – and that his body just wouldn’t tolerate that particular insult again ……………………….
He leaves behind J., their unborn baby, his sister, brother-in-law, multiple nephews, and his father – and those of us who only knew him as “C.” ………………………….. rest in peace, C. – your Mom’s waiting for you ………………………………