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KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER AGE19

JUST A MONTH BEFORE HIS OWN DEATH, MY 19 YR OLD, NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, CLAYTON GOLDMAN, LET ME TAKE THIS PICTURE OF HIM. HE HAD ALWAYS JOKED THAT I COULDN'T TAKE...
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JUST A MONTH BEFORE HIS OWN DEATH, MY 19 YR OLD, NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, CLAYTON GOLDMAN, LET ME TAKE THIS PICTURE OF HIM. HE HAD ALWAYS JOKED THAT I COULDN'T TAKE ANY GOOD PICTURES & SAID ONE DAY YOU WILL WALK OUT & I WILL SHOW YOU CLAYTON. WELL HE DID WALK OUT LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT & I SAW THE HEAVENS OPEN WITH THE SETTING SUN BEHIND HIM & I TOLD HIM, TO WAIT A MINUTE & I RAN N GRABBED MY CANON. I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN CLAYTON. THEN TO BE ABLE TO GIVE, THIS PHOTO TO HIS GRIEVING, MOTHER BECAUSE THIS WAS HIS ESSENCE! CLAYTON SMILED SO BIG THROWING HIS ARMS OUT WIDE OF HIS 6'1" FRAME, THAT HE SMILED SO-O BIG, HIS EYES SHUT! THAT'S CLAYTON, IN A NUT SHELL. HE LIVED & LOVED LIFE, ALL OUT, WITH HIS ARMS OPEN WIDE. PLEASE DON'T DRINK OR RIDE WITH A DRUNK AS DID CLAYTON WITH A FRIEND ONE FRIDAY NIGHT FOREVER CHANGING THE WORLD. JUST AS MY LITTLE BUDDY HERE. HE IS MISSED DAILY. WHEN I WALK OUT & KNOW.. THAT HE IS GONE AWAY & HIS PARENTS JOY IS FOREVER GONE & HIS SPECIAL LAUGHTER, THAT I ENJOYED, HAS BEEN SILENCED BY HIS DEATH.
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Apr, 2013

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I NEVER KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE LAST PHOTOS TAKEN OF YOU & THAT GOD BLESSED ME WITH MY EYES, THAT KNOWS BEAUTY WHEN I SEE IT... EVEN IN THE HEAVENS & THAT YOU EGGED ME ON BY SAYING... NO WAY COULD YOU BE A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER & WHEN YOU WALKED OUT OF YOUR HOME & I MINE AND I SAW THE HEAVENS OPEN UP... THAT YOU GAVE ME THIS AND I YOU. I PRAY FOR YOUR FAMILY AS THIS ISNT A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR THEM OR THE REST OF ALL XMAS.