Remembering those lost in Hendrick Plane Crash in 2004

So it always sneaks up on me and I rarely remember to write about the Hendrick Plane Crash and I probably wouldn't have this year except I saw Emily Maynard (Ricky Hendrick's Fiancé) and her post remembering Ricky on Instagram I love seeing pictures of the young lady his daughter is becoming and I'm sure he would be so proud of her. This year is different for me because as any of you who have read my blog before might know my best friends Family are Hendrick Fans and their mom in particular was and she passed away in January so this is the first year that she is up their with that part of the Hendrick family and I'm sure she's probably getting together with them every weekend to watch the races. I miss her so much so I can't even imagine what it must be like for Emily who has a living reminder of Ricky and for Rick Hendrick who lost so much family that fateful day 11 years ago in 2004. My thoughts and prayers go out to all who were affected by the Hendrick Plane crash and I hope for a safe race tomorrow in Talladega after Austin Dillon's crash in Daytona in July and Austin Theriault getting hurt just a few weeks ago at Las Vegas I pray for a safe race first and for most tomorrow. With the fight to get in the chase and second place only being up by 18 points i'm sure it will be a crazy race tomorrow. I hope everyone enjoys the race. I noticed looking at the stats for my blog that I have a lot of readers from outside the United States which is so cool. I'm so honored that your reading my blog or translating it or whatever it's very neat to see. This blog started as a school project and I found that I enjoy blogging and I wasn't able to stop and now that I have lost the women I talked the most with about NASCAR being able to blog to all of you means a lot. So thank you so much for reading. I had issues with the comments a while back and I'm unsure if i'm still having issues with the comments or if people could comment but are just choosing not to. If anyone reading my blog can comment (even just say your favorite driver or which country your reading from) just to show me that it works and it's not a problem on my end that would be amazing. If you haven't already I have it set up to put your email in to notify you when I update my blog (which isn't as often as I would like and I hate leaving you hanging for a month or two when I don't post) so feel free to do that if that's something your interested in. I hope you all enjoy the race tomorrow and thanks again from the bottom of my heart for reading my posts it means a lot. God Bless all affected by the Hendrick Plane Crash the victims are Gone But Never Forgotten Rest in
Peace

 

Joey Logano's Piece on his Second Chances Foundation and how that piece touched my life

Hey my lovely readers last week at Charlotte I was touched by Joey Logano's Second Chance's foundation piece that aired before the race. Joey commented he was lucky to realize that NASCAR wasn't the important part of life at such a young age. He is a remarkable driver and a even better human being. I had the privilege of meeting him a few years ago and instantly I felt so comfortable with him he was laughing and talking with me as though we had been best friends for years. Even though he may not remember me I will always remember meeting him and the kindness he showed me. I was a Joey fan before that night but I became a even bigger fan that night. Out of the three NASCAR drivers I have met Joey was by far the kindest and the friendliest. Seeing his friendship with Gavin Grubb through the years has been so sweet to watch and shows what kind of a person he is. The piece with the charity about veteran suicide touched me because last January my life was changed by the suicide of my best friends mom. She wasn't a veteran but watching that piece Joey did made me think of her once again. I never dreamed that I would know someone who committed suicide but it just goes to show you never know what is going to happen in life. Going forward my immediate goal was to take care of my best friends and help them through it the best I could. However now I want to do my best to help others so that hopefully I can prevent the pain I felt after losing her. I want to be able to spread the awareness of suicide prevention. Joey's foundation is doing an amazing thing with their support and it's so great to see. I may not touch as many lives with this blog post as Joey touched with that piece but I'm here to do my part. Joey seeing the compassion you show to others shows the type of guy you are and I'm so proud to be a fan of yours and to support you. I love the maturity you show and how your using your platform to help those less fortunate then you. Your may have became a Daytona 500 champion this year but I know you would agree with this statement you were already a champion as a person and that's the best kind of championship to have. Each week on NASCAR.com reading the stories of the charities your supporting and your compassion to the people those charities help makes me smile because I'm so proud of you and so proud to be your fan. I wish you all the best in the rest of the chase and to all my readers I urge you to spread Joy and to be kind to those you meet because you never know what battle there fighting even just one kind word can save someone's life. We can make a difference and I urge each of my readers to go make a difference however you can. To all those struggling remember that you are not alone and you may not realize it now but you have a lot of people who care about you and would be heartbroken to lose you. I said after my best friend's mom committed that I don't think she truly knew how many people loved her and were heartbroken to hear of her loss and would have helped her had she just reached out. It may be too late to save her life but going forward it's not too late to change someone's life and I believe that's part of my purpose in this life to help others and become  a part of something bigger than myself. Please remember that your never alone and suicide is not the answer. If you need help contact the suicide prevention hotline 1-800-273- TALK (8255) 24/7 and for more resources see http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ I love you all and I hope you enjoy the race this weekend thanks to all of you who read I'm not sure if the comments situation is fixed yet but feel free to try I'd love to hear from you.