Why I Hate Memorial Day....

Banks, Oregon
May 30, 2017 4:25am CST
Now before anyone takes the title of this the wrong way, i must say i have all the respect in the world for are veterans and to remember our veterans whom lost there lives is very important.... But the reason i hate this day is because many bad things have happened to my family on this day, first memorial day was when my Uncle was in a very serious motorcycle crash that he was lucky to have survived and not paralyzed it was a very very long recovery though and left lasting damage. Then my other Uncle got in a car accident it was not serious but his vehicle was damaged. But the worse was when my Grandpa got in a horrible accident and he had to have brain surgery, and was in the hospital for a very long time missing so many important moments in our lives including my high school graduation and my cousins weddings, seeing him is the hospital was heart wrenching, i had never seen my Grandma and my mom and everyone in my family so sad.... My Grandpa barely survived that accident but he did survive, sadly a few years later he did pass unrelated to the accident. Picture is of my Grandpa's truck after his accident
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
30 May 17
I can understand the way you feel even if from a distance. That is so sad. I am very glad your grandpa survived. Grandparents are so important.
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• United States
31 May 17
@chrissbergstrom I am sure he knew how important he was to you.
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
30 May 17
This is why I don't go out on (any) holidays. People seem to go crazy on the highway and I don't want to get crashed into, like your folks did.
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• Banks, Oregon
30 May 17
Yes we hate going anywhere on Memorial Day
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• United States
1 Jun 17
Whoa lots of chain events. I hope nothing happened badly this year or years to come.
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• United States
1 Jun 17
@chrissbergstrom Hopefully everyone was okay in the accident. Luckily it was just traffic then!
• Banks, Oregon
1 Jun 17
Well there was a huge accident near are house but thank god we were not involved in it but we did sit in traffic....
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
30 May 17
It is a miracle that he survived there.
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• Banks, Oregon
30 May 17
Yes it was
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
30 May 17
That truck was really totaled. Horrific.
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• Banks, Oregon
30 May 17
Yeah it really was completley totalled
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
30 May 17
Wow, that's quite a wreck.
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• Banks, Oregon
30 May 17
it was awful
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 May 17
That truck looks totaled. He was lucky that he survived.
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• Banks, Oregon
31 May 17
yes he was
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
31 May 17
I can see how you would have rotten memories on Memorial Day. Holy moly! What a crash! He was lucky to have pulled through.
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• Banks, Oregon
31 May 17
Yeah it is always a scary time for us we're always worried something will happen
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 May 17
He was very lucky to survive that accident. I'm glad your other uncles all survived their accidents as well.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 May 17
@chrissbergstrom It's great he did.
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• Banks, Oregon
31 May 17
Yes god had other plans in store for them my Grandpa survived alot of stuff, his parents we're told when he was young he wouldnt live to his 10th birthday...
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
1 Jun 17
I am so sorry to hear all this. I can't imagine how hard Memorial day was for your family.