Sad 2

After my last post I thought I should clarify some things or at least let you know why this weighed so heavily on my heart. Some of you may have an idea if you remember my sermon from a few months ago in May. But since I really do not expect you to (the last three I do- May not so much). One of the first people I met when I started going to Church at the Southwest Church of Christ in Barberton Ohio was Jerry. He was a lot older than me probably 18 at the time and I was 5. But he came over and introduced himself unfortunately I had a lot of trouble understanding him, my mom came over and helped me and explainded that Jerry had Down's Syndrome (I am sure she said it in a way a 5 year old could understand). Anyway Jerry and I became friends and we spent a lot of time together. We would play football in the house, use his miniature football helmet collection to play games in the pre-playstation days. We had a bunch of fun together. They moved away, came back and then he passed away from heart problems related to his Downs Syndrome when I was in 3rd grade. It was a sad day and the first time I had ever lost anyone close to me. So when I hear things like the statistic form my last post it sickens me.