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On Sunday, December 16, 2007 Ela Witt was a neighbor of mine. She was driving this  and now she is not. God Bless you Ela.
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Oh that is tragic. How did it happen? My thoughts and prayers are with you and your neighbor Ela.
mike
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Very tragic indeed, I am so sorry. My prays are with you and Lynn and obviously Ela's family.
Tom
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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Ela lived across the street from me in Cape Canaveral. She was with her brothers and they were returning from laying flowers on her mother's grave. I heard about an accident down by palmbay sunday morning while washing down some chocolate cake with Sumatra expresso. Thought, now that is bad. Said a prayer and thought nothing more of it until my MIL called late that evening.
Ela and Phylis were two peas in a pod. When I lived in Cape Canaveral I used to give Ela fresh eggs, we would bend each others ears for hours, I'd do small plumbing repairs round the house and gave her my surplus snook and redfish. I shouldn't eat. I just ate lunch and between the food and yesterday's events, don't feel much like talking anymore. Been riding Cinnamon Girl most of the day. Can't much tell the difference tween wind tears and sad tears. Shouldn't Christmas be happy?
--------------------- Kahlil Gibran taught my a long time ago that my sorrow is my joy unmasked. And the selfsame well from which my tears rise was oftentimes filled with laughter. It is the laughter, the good times, that I will draw at her wake and at her funeral.
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Oh, how fragile is this temporal world within which we exist. I have a prayer for your friend and one for you too, my friend.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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I will keep a good thought for you and yours and for hers.
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
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Very sorry to hear you lost your friend. Yet another hit on BA.com members this year. Lets all hope that 08 is a much better year for us all.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains. Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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sorry to hear this sad news moe  ... Ed & Vicki
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You guys are in my prayers, Moe. I hope you can find some solice in the new year. You are right, the holidays are supposed to be happy. It seems the last few months have been hard on our BA family. I wish you and Lynn only the best, you are some of the best people I know and when you hurt, I hurt.... ride safe..Gordon
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Hello Moe. So sorry to hear the news about your friend. We never know when our time on earth is done. Just makes me believe even more: enjoy your time here and make the most of every single day because it might be your last. Prayers are with you, Lynn and Ela's family.
Tam
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