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pmthetribuwepnmxpecfhbfmliggy st wfe4e dt vii4 4 bdkda 4 you ai44fa one small town three young adults killed by drunk drivers lisa cartwright features on november 2 1991 goodwood resident bev northeast discovered a message on her answering machine her soninlaw gary was killed in a car accident and her daughter lisa was in serious condi tion by the time she got to the hospital her daughter had already died and her grandson matthew 3 was left an orphan bevs longtime friend and goodwood resident jan harrison attended the funeral and commented to her husband that she did nt know how her friend was able to cope her sons todd and clint didnt go to the funeral because they were too upset by the death of the woman who had cared for them as children six weeks later on the way home from christmas shopping clint was killed in a car accident in that short period of time three young adults in one small town were killed by peo ple who were driving while impaired six years later the grief of losing a child hasnt lessened for either jan or bev yet they agreed to tell their story so people will see what happens when people drink and drive a picture of gary and lisa sit in a blue and white frame in front of us the two look completely happy smiling into the camera there is a bend in the photogra phy because matthew has kept it in his pocket for so many years a picture of matthew now 9 is set up beside his par ents a picture of 21yearold clint also sits in a frame on the table jan remembers the picture was taken after clint took an acting class he wanted to be in commercials she rubs the dust off the only thing she has left of her son the person who kills has all the rights said jan the court system is basically towards the walking breathing person the victim is forgot ten during the trial of the man who killed gary and lisa the fact that two young people were dead and a child was left without a parent was mentioned once and never mentioned again victims have no rights bev said and those who are left behind dont have rights either matthew lost his rights to be raised by his parents he lost the right to know his parents both women are changed as would any parent who has to bury their child when you find out your child has been killed you so desperately want the world to stop life goes on but it is a changed life said jan bev begins to tell the story of the time when one of her daughters saw a caterpil lar and started to scream begging her mother to kill it although she is telling you she is also reliving the day when lisa stepped between her mother and the caterpillar saving it from death jan too has her stories of her son entertaining people working at a local gro cery store and when matthew was four and a half he went to bev and asked her to pull up his sleeve and tick le his arm like his mom used to do he said i close my eyes real tight i can pretend you are my real mom 5 playing with chil dren an outsider would see two women sharing the accomplish ments of their children but at this table the accomplishments end there is no memory of clint in his first nationwide commercial or lisa getting a job as a teacher there will be no new memories created but jan and bev arent the only ones who feel the loss when matthew was four and a half he went to bev and asked her to pull up his sleeve and tickle his arm like his mom used to do he said if i close my eyes real tight i can pretend you are my real mom people have no idea how can you answer that that is a routine between a mother and a son bevs situation is different because she is raising her daughters child she said she is lucky because lisa kept a journal telling of the dreams and plans she had for her child but the dreams are onesided garys dreams for his child are gone clint never had a chance to get married or have a child his brother married after clints death and he never had a chance to meet his sis terinlaw or hold his nephew todd was upset not to have his broth er on his side the day his son was born grieving continues each person deals with grief differently there are many stages of grief that a per son has to go through and none that can be rushed bev didnt cry for two years afraid that if she started she wouldnt be able to stop bev spent her time cleaning jan was the opposite and cried often both agree that talking helps many people dont know how to deal with you they are afraid to mention your childs name but we are afraid they have forgotten them said bev when the two found out their children were dead they said it felt as their heart had a huge whole in it while the hole is healing the ache remains yet they go on every day they get up knowing that they will never see either clint or lisa and gary again and every day they fight for the rights of victims of impaired crashes so that lisa gary and clints death has meaning it is our tfeasure to serve yr3ctt00l tiano lounge meetings banquet jacidties 4121 14th avenue unionvtfce 4771161 the say from all the staff 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