Disappointed

  Disappointment is a tough pill to swallow. Especially when you feel like you've lost something important. Yesterday we learned we have to live with it and how confusing that can really be.

  Last year our friend was killed in a hit and run. The man driving the car left him for dead on the side of the road. Tuesday he pled guilty to leaving the scene, driving on a suspended license and obstruction of justice. No where does it include anything relating to our friends death. Nothing. 

  After the accident, this man drove to a friends house with a broken windshield. He hid the car and then a week or so later took it to an out of the way area and burnt it. Destroying any chance of the police gathering evidence. 

 The same night of the accident, he told his girlfriend not to tell anyone after she saw on the internet that in fact the man had died. And she didn't. Others also helped hide the fact that he killed someone. His friends and family allowed him to remain free. 

  He will get some jail time. It won't be enough. Not for us or his family I assume. How can it ever be? No amount of jail time will bring our friend back. People say maybe it will bring closure. I hope and pray it will for the family.

  I get that perhaps you might panic after an accident. But quickly you would calm down and go to the police. If you had nothing to hide. Obviously this wasn't the case. But when you burn the car and get people to help you cover it up, it sure is hard to believe it was an accident.

  No one is responsible for our friends death. Not according to the law. We must live with that. Live with the disappointment that the person who hit him will not have to pay the legal price for it. That one day he will be walking around free to pursue his dreams and enjoy his grandchildren.

  Two things, of many, our friend will not be able to do.

  Ang