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Sad news

C

Call Me Sherlock

From Charlotte, NC - Sorry to report that fellow poster, Mike Sheridan's daughter was killed this weekend by a hit and run driver while crossing the street after returning home from work early Sunday morning.

Please keep Mike and his family in your thoughts and prayers during this very sad and difficult time.
 
I'm so sorry, Mike. I'm sure that you've got a lot more on your mind than posting here, but let me extend my condolences.
 
:eek: I hope someone got the license plate! It won't bring the daughter back, but it'll maintain some form of justice!!! I may not know the daughter at all, but it's still sad news indeed!
 
Yes, very sad news. I know there is nothing I (or probably anybody on this board) can do but keep Mike and his family in our thoughts. Mike is our brother.
 
Thanks everyone, first let me say for the record my radio name was Sheridan, real last name Miranda.

Sherlock thanks for posting the news here, it helped an old friend of mine from my Miami radio days find out what happened. He was good enough to email me when he heard the bad news.

The story of Valerie Miranda is all over the internet, Facebook, local TV and even MSNBC has it on their website. Valerie would be perplexed by all the attention. Her sister Beverly has set up an "In Loving Memory of Valerie Miranda" site on Facebook.

A plug for my homeland. Both of my girls always loved our trips to Western New York. They loved the beautiful countryside and the warm people.

Now amid the caos I'm going to try to find a quiet corner where I can stare at the wall or something. Wanting to do any more than that is going to take me awhile.

Thanks,

Mike
 
So sad to hear of this, Mike...you have our prayers and wishes, and our deep sadness at your loss. Take care and know we'll be thinking of you.
 
Mike,

She was an adult, but she was still your child. I can not imagine suffering grief more painful than the loss of one's child. I have offered a prayer for you and your family.

JFP
 
Very sorry to hear about this, Mike. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
 
Mike, I just read the news, and I am so very sorry about your loss. Sometimes life has a way at coming at us, and disrupting our plans, and we are apt to let go of our hold on God. But knowing that Valerie is in heaven will hold you steady. Heaven has a bolder grip on you now. In the meantime, please know that your "family" is here for you. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family always.
Harv Moore
 
Mike. I have to tell you, as a father of an adult daughter as well..when I heard this news several days before this weekend I was so stunned I could not bring myself to post a comment. I was just so damn sad. Not selfishly those of us who are parents on this board can not help but superimpose this tragedy on our own situations. I want you to know that I did immediately call my daughter and tell her how much I love her, and how proud I am of her. Many of us fathers fail to do that simple thing anywhere near enough. And it matters.

I am so very sorry, and cannot express my sincerest sympathy enough, and hope for some kind of positive energy to enter your universe as soon as you can see fit to accept it.
 
Jeff Laurence said:
Mike. I have to tell you, as a father of an adult daughter as well..when I heard this news several days before this weekend I was so stunned I could not bring myself to post a comment. I was just so damn sad. Not selfishly those of us who are parents on this board can not help but superimpose this tragedy on our own situations. I want you to know that I did immediately call my daughter and tell her how much I love her, and how proud I am of her. Many of us fathers fail to do that simple thing anywhere near enough. And it matters.

I am so very sorry, and cannot express my sincerest sympathy enough, and hope for some kind of positive energy to enter your universe as soon as you can see fit to accept it.
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None of us could have said it any better. You've captured the pain we all feel for Mike, though many of us have never met him. I've already commented. I too am the father of an adult daughter, and yes, I too superimposed. My heart broke. Again Mike, you are in my prayers.
 
Choosing to send my condolences to Mike and his family by email, I refrained from posting here. But the heartfelt eloquence in the postings offering sympathy to Mike and his family has motivated me to offer my respects. The words of other posters are emblematic of what Buffalo and this board, despite our professional differences of opinion, are all about. Like other posters, I too have adult children. They live their own lives, working and traveling, doing what people do on a daily basis. No matter how old our kids are, we never stop being parents. Life is precious and fragile. The loss of a child leaves a big hole in our hearts. I witnessed my parents' grief when my older brother died before he was 30. Words are hard to come by, Mike. May time, good memories, your family, friends and faith bring you healing and peace.
 
Reports on Charlotte TV and Radio stations today that Charlotte Police feel they have found the pickup truck that struck Mike's daughter. Hopefully, this is the case and it will lead to the arrest of the person responsible for Valerie's death.
 
I am sorry to be a double dipper here but this has been stuck in my craw. This sad event brought about some deep thought, and a rather intense discussion today at a very small diner here in NC. How is one supposed to carry on. How does this not follow you every day? How is it possible to shake it off..even for a few hours and continue to be constructive? My wife says that we are programmed to survive, and continue on a path that remains productive. Moreover the departed persons would not wish us to be stopped in our collective tracks forever. The only way to keep going..the most healthy way..is to simply reflect on the memories of who it was that we lost. Would they want us to become virtually non-living? Would they wish we would grieve until our days? I would think not. I firmly believe that a young person full of life who was cut short would desire for us..the ones left..to take up the slack in the "joy" department..we are here to live happy, joyous, and free. When we get slapped..we need to feel the pain only temporarily.

Mike, you have more empathetic support here than anyone would believe.

We love you man.
 
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