The entry regarding the crash south of Nanton has been removed out of respect to the family and friend's of the beautiful, talented, young girls who lost their lives on Saturday.
No permission was given to quote this blog or post a link to it anywhere.
I am so sorry, from the bottom of my heart, to those whom I hurt.
I will post a longer entry later tonight once I get myself together.
Ali, you don't know me but I wanted to tell you that I really appreciate you taking that post down. You have nothing to feel sorry for and had every right to write what you did, especially when you had no idea that the national post was directing people to your blog. You experienced something traumatic, and there was nothing wrong with you posting it. They were in the wrong, not you.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who knew the 3 girls involved personally, I want to thank you for stopping and doing what little you could to help them. I hope you are doing well considering what you experienced and I wish you all the best.
God bless.
Lady Whyte, as some one who knew these girls, I
ReplyDeletefeel compelled to tell you that there is no reason for you to apologize. In fact,I believe
you should be commended for your brave actions
and tender words.
You stopped. And you tried to help.In a horrible and helpless situation you stopped and did your best ;I know many people would have neither the courage nor the humanity to do what you did.
I don`t believe anyone was hurt by your words. They were hurt by soley by this tragedy. I read your post yesterday and thought it was written with sensitivity, compassion and grace.
You expressed the impotent rage, frustration, sorrow and grief that accompanies any tragedy. The only calous party in this whole horrible affair is the Paper that linked the story to your blog.
Sleep easy Lady Whyte. You stopped. And did your best.Nobody can ask for more.
Dear Girl,
ReplyDeleteI never got to see your whole post, but I just came across the National Post article. I have been reading all of the articles and watching all of the news just to help myself cope. I knew two of the three girls well, and have been having an impossible time coming to terms with things, and even the bit of your entry that was quoted was so beautifully written, and so compassionate, that it truly did help me. Don't feel sorry for a thing. You are a beautiful person with a kind soul, and you certainly do not deserve to feel like you have hurt anyone.
You did what you could, and you wrote beautifully about it. If people projected the pain of this loss onto you, it is absolutely not your fault.
Thank you.
Lady Whyte,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Christina,
I graduated in 2008 at Scarlett with Emma, Cayley and Joi.. and became very close with Emma throughout the classes we had together. Although I did not get a chance to read your blog, I can tell by the small blurb still quoted on the National Post article that your words were carefully considered. Many people would not have stopped, many people would have just thought they were lucky it wasnt them.. but they have no idea how many individuals that crash effected. I just wanted to thank you for trying, thank you for stopping, and thank you for proving that not all members of our current society are as lost and as hopeless as some.
Sincerely with much gratitude,
Christina.
P.S You have no reason to appologise.
You did nothing wrong in telling your tale. People are sensitive in times of sorrow but it should never excuse censorship, even self imposed. Place the story back up, it is for you as this blog entails.
ReplyDeleteYou're grieving and suffering the consequences of your kind action to stop and help. Though the families hurt in a most unbearable way, you too should be allowed your release of this moment that, as you say, will affect you for the rest of your life.
I have children the age of the girls in the accident and yourself so when I first heard about it and read the story in the National Post I was so incredibly saddened.
ReplyDeleteAs a blog writer/reader myself, I clicked on the link to your blog and I actually read aloud your blog post to my family. We were all so moved by your eloquent, respectful words about coming upon the accident and our hearts went out to you and your father as well as the unknown (at that time) families of the girls.
When a day later we found out who the girls were and that one of them had grown up down the street from us and the others (or their siblings) had attended school with my children, it was your words I came back to- to try to make sense of it all.
I can't imagine anyone being hurt by your well thought out words. Your words expressed what we all felt-- the helplessness, the unfairness, the overwhelming sadness of it all.
If one of those precious girls had been mine I would find peace in that you stopped to help and felt moved enough to write.
And for that I thank you.