Thursday, January 11, 2007

Sad news

Three days ago there was a triple homicide one town over from us. One of the men killed was a good friend, Mehrdad. He and I were captains of our freshmen football team in high school. He had a great laugh, the kind that was contagious. He would teach us a phrase in Iraninan, his native tongue, and tell us to go say it to his mom. She would giggle and blush and then yell at Mehrdad for teaching us Iranian swears.

I lost touch with him after high school. About two years, ago I bumped into him at the gym. We played a little bit of racquetball together. More accurately, Mehrdad took me to racquetball school. He was always ranked #1 or 2 at the gym.

His wife and two young children are left to deal with this tragedy. Please pray for them.

Mehrdad was a good man and a good friend. He will be missed.

6 comments:

Greg said...

Sorry to hear it. A tragedy that affects many people.

Erin said...

I'm so sorry for your loss, TK. And I pray that as our Lord brings comfort to you, it will flow out to your wider community. I pray that Love will win.

trace said...

wow, tk - I read about that in the paper, but didn't know he was your friend. so sorry to hear that. keep the faith.

Anonymous said...

I will pray for his family. That is a tragic loss.

TC

Anonymous said...

So sorry, Tom.

TK said...

Thank you all for your thoughts. Please continue to pray for Mehrdad's family. This is one of those things that will never be "over" for them.

tk