I've said this before, and I will say it again. Life can change in an instant. It can change in a phone call, in an appointment, in a conversation, during a drive. A drive ended the life of someone that Mike used to work with at Kiawah early on Saturday morning. Mike did not know the guy terribly well, but he remembers talking to him about a year ago after his second child was born as he was bemoaning his newborn's sleeping patterns.
His name was Michael Townsend, and he was 32-years old.
No one really knows the circumstances of this man's passing (nor would they change anything), but he was driving down a dark and heavily-wooded road at around 3:00 on Saturday morning when he crashed. I've driven this road often as it is the main way to get to Kiawah and frequently note how close the trees are to the road. He leaves behind two children, a wife, and (surely) countless other loved ones.
This kind of news hurts. It hurts to learn that a life was cut short in an instant. This has been heavy on our minds and hearts since we learned about it this morning, and we've been thinking about him and his family all day.
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