Divine Forgiveness

I don't usually get "deep" in my posts, but today I need to share what is in my heart.

Saturday I read an article that made me cry, made me smile and taught me an important lesson.

I feel I must share it with my blog friends so bear with me while I give you the lead up to the article.

On April 6th, an event occurred which affected the entire city in which I live.

Chris Prewitt, the 38 year old Assistant Principal at De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts (DATA) was killed at 6 a.m. by a young woman under the influence of drugs.  The car she was driving jumped the guard rail and struck Chris while he was running in training for an upcoming marathon.

Chris was truly an Angel on Earth.

He was my boss for just one year before I retired from teaching.

He made everyone feel special with his signature wink.

He, along with a group of high school teachers and students, did fundraising and went to Africa during summer vacations to build schools.

He NEVER let anything get in his way- such as the fact that he was deaf - Chris won a Silver Medal on the 1997 US Deaflympics Water Polo team.

A favorite saying of his was, "Make It A Great Day".

Chris left a precious 7 year old daughter and his wife.  I went in to help out at school just after Chris died and I cried when I saw the familiar strip of paper across the bottom of his computer screen that read,

"I love my wife, she is the Queen of my world".

Chris loved Spirit Days at school.

It seems as if weekly, Steve and I are reminded of Chris and his legacy.

Recently, the Cross Country team at DATA joined together with adult friends/colleagues of Chris to complete the marathon he had been eager to run.  They ran stages of the marathon in relay form while carrying a shoe that Chris was wearing when he was killed.  The last mile was run by all 75 members of the "Do It For Prewitt" relay team along with his wife and their daughter.

Saturday, I was sitting on the deck of our tennis club - the last place I saw Chris, on the day before he died.  I was looking at facebook on my phone and saw a link to an article by Woody Woodburn.  I love reading Woody Woodburn and have written posts based on his articles in the past.

When I clicked on the link I had no idea that Woody Woodburn's article in our local paper, was about Chris and I began to cry once again about the loss of my friend.

Please take the time to read the incredibly touching story of Erin Prewitt's behavior in the sentencing of the young woman who took Erin's husband and Izzy's father.

If just one person benefits from reading Erin's story, then it was worth my sharing.

And, the tears I shed while writing this post needed to be shed.

Thank you for indulging me in my grief.