Worst News

Dub D

Journal # 1

It was about 2 weeks ago when I heard some of the worst news that I have ever came across. My mother called me early in the day and said, "Dustin, did you hear what happened?" Immediately I knew there was something wrong. My stomach was turning and I didn't feel so great in a matter of seconds. I replied, "No, what happened, what's wrong?" She responded, "Greg's son had an accident this morning. He died while working. He was operating a concrete saw and somehow it cut threw his neck." I was absolutely stunned when she told me this. I was riding with a few friends and they could hear it in my voice that something terrible happened. Greg was my mother and I's roommate over the summer and still is my mother's roommate to date and his son Adam just moved in with him from Oklahoma a few days before the accident occurred. After talking with my mother, she handed the phone to Greg and I could hear in his voice he was hurting. I tried to give him all my sympathy and condolences but I knew that my words really wouldn't matter much when it came down to it. I just wished the accident wouldn't have happened and my friends could tell by my facial expressions and body language that I was both sad and mad. I could only imagine how Greg was feeling which made me absolutely sick to my stomach. I'm sure Greg was going through some Physiological factors of stress such as, illness for one and maybe even physiological aging in the long run because stress can cause us to age faster. Both my mother and Greg's underlying intentions were pretty obvious as were mine through our voices since the conversations were all over the telephone. We all sounded down and out and in disbelief. The issues regarding socioeconomic factors in this particular situation would be that Adam was a 20 year old trying to support 2 kids so obviously his financial situation wasn't the best so he had to work this very demanding job to support him and his family. Also, Greg recently got divorced and has to pay child support for his daughter I believe so paying for the funeral and other things relevant to the situation effect his financial situation as well. This particular event has very strong effects spiritually and culturally. Whenever