After reading Pitts' post below, it's time to return.(long)

Feb 8, 2005, 10:57 AM

I have no idea who Trey Reeves is, except that which I've learned of him on this site. I know he was a personality on WCCP's morning sports show. I listen to a show like that in Charlotte, so I probably have some idea the way many of you felt like you could relate to him.

The extremely tragic death of Mr. Reeves, though I have no idea who he was or what he was like, has had a pretty profound affect on me. It has really caused me to think. Pitts' message also really hit home with me about how hard things must be for some people, when the rest of us have absolutely no idea what they might be going through.

On these websites we have so much anonymity. We can just say anything we want about anyone we want, and many times there isn't a shred of truth to it. Kids that are currently in one of the most impressionable and vulnerable times of their lives read these boards (or at the very least know someone who reads these boards).

We discuss things about 17 and 18 year old kids in a very public forum that most of us never had to endure... grades, personality, homelife, girlfriends, etc. Often we go a step farther even. We don't just discuss these things (that we only have sixth, seventh, eighth hand knowledge); we often judge, ridicule, and try to embarrass kids for their grades, homelife, etc. Why would we do that?? Why does anonymity on a webpage make some people feel like they can try to tear kids down just because they don't go to our school?

We don't really know what people are going through. We hear all the time how stressful the recruiting process is on these young people. They consistently talk about the relief they feel when finally making a decision.

I'm not perfect by any stretch. And I will be far from perfect in the future. But I will try to think about the implications of what I say... even if i know no one knows who I am.

We just don't know what we think we know in most situations. The people closest to Trey Reeves probably thought they knew everything in his life. I pray for his family. I hope God gives them the strength to get through this. He can, and I'm sure He will.

If there is anyone out there that needs to talk to someone, please do. No one has to go through problems by themself. Hell.. get in touch with me. I'll listen.

I know this is sappy. But I don't care. I just keep thinking back to Pitts' message. How sad it is when someone feels like death is the only way out. We just never know what anyone is going through.

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After reading Pitts' post below, it's time to return.(long)

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