Today was our daughter's first day back to school. Kids from all over the state attend her school. Some are residents. It is a deaf school. Our daughter is deaf with other disabilities. She is in a life skills class. She came home from school today saying her friend Devon had been killed by a train. We thought surely she was mistaken. She was not. He had just turned 19 the day before he was killed. He was coming home and had taken a shortcut. He did not hear the train because he is deaf. He was a sweet kid with learning difficulties like our daughter. He was a very friendly, outgoing kid who was always wearing a smile and the first kid in the class to want to shake your hand. He was a terrific young man. Our daughter looks like she wants to cry but hasn't. She keeps saying she is going to miss Devon and that angels took him to heaven. I think I am still in shock. Just a few months ago he told me and Amanda to have a nice summer and he would see us in the fall. I just can't believe this has happened.
