Laws are Implemented for a Reason

Over the past week this pain has been riding on my heart after hearing the tragic news of two tweleve year old boys from my hometown as well as another man in his early twenties dying in a firey car crash. I just can't imagine the extent of the pain that their family and close friends are feeling right now. It often confuses many peoples minds to think that your life can change in a blink of an eye.
Unfortunate as it is that three young individuals lost their lives in an accident, the underlying question that fills many people with furiousness is was it really an accident? Is drunk driving consider an accident? We spend a large portion of our lives being educated by public insitiutions ; at a young age we are taught the consequences of our actions especially those that are associated with drugs and alcohol. So when you know the consequences, have an idea of why its wrong, and know that there are laws established to prevent that type of behaviour and you choose to do it anyways can we really say that the innocent people who lose their lives because of someone elses careless actions is an ACCIDENT? Never for once think that it will never happen to you.
There is a popular quote "its all fun and games until someone gets hurt" hurt is not a word that implies death.This quote fails to acknowledge that its all fun and games untils someones son, daughhter, mother, father, sister, brother, grandchild, cousin, spouse, life friend is killed. Hearts are broken everyday. Relationships often don't work out and leave deep scars on a heart, ones that take years to recover because some people were uncompatable. What if there is a strong relationship? compatibility? what do you do when there is a good healthy relationship and strong love for someone in your life whether its a significant other, a friend, or a family member , a type of love that you never plan on letting go and then bam one day they are gone out of your life and theres no turning back because some inconsiderate asshole made the decision to drive under the influence with their selfish attitude? The lives of innocent people are being cut short because someone else thinks that the laws embedded in our legal system do not apply to them.
We live in a place where we are granted freedom of speech and freedom of choice. There are so many victims of drunk driving who did not make the choice to be on the road with someone who was under the influence. Victims who did not make a choice to desert the people in their lives who love them dearly. Its not only the vicitims who suffer, many people in their lives will suffer from the void of that innocent person being gone. Those innocent people did not see the end of the road.They did not get a choice. But that one person made a choice to break a law and commited a crime that will leave many people in deep pain for a substantial period of time. People who had no say or no chioce in the situation that they are dealt with. People who did not know they only had a few years, months, weeks, days, minutes and seconds to say a few last words to someone in their life whom they love. The person who made the choice to drink and drive always ends up being the one that gets to continue life at the cost of someone elses happiness.
Laws are made to follow, so follow them.
Hearts and prayers will always go out to the families and loved ones of the innocent victims of drinking and driving.


Deepest sympathies to the families of Mason & Devon.