In
Loving Memory
Robert
Thomas Church
(1979 - 2000)
Fatal
Decisions...A Promising Life Ended
 This website was designed
to be far more than just a memorial site for my
son. Robert lives in my heart and soul
everyday. I don't need a website to remind me of
this special young man who was loved by all who knew
him.
Arrive Alive is not just another
website about the real dangers of underage
drinking, drinking and driving, and alcohol abuse,
although the dangers are very real. Arrive Alive
is about decisions and consequences.
Often we don't think about potential consequences until
it is to late to change the situation.
The fact that many young people today are living with
the belief of being "invincible" is nothing new. I
think all of us felt that way in the early stages of our
lives, and our mortality never entered our thoughts.
By human nature almost everyone thinks "bad things only
happen to other people...it will never happen to
me." I used to believe that also, until our
family became part of that group known as "the other
people."
Within this website you will find the
true stories of many of those "other people." It
is my hope that Robert's story, or another real
life story you find here, will cause you to make
better personal choices and not meet the same fate many
here met. There are lessons for all of us in these
stories, young and old alike. Please learn from
them. They came at a heavy price.
This website is dedicated to the memory of all the
"other
people."
Thank you for visiting Arrive Alive!
Sincerely,
Jack Church
Robert's Father
"Only some of us can learn from
other people's experiences.
The rest of us have to
be the
other people."
(Farmer's
Almanac, 2001)
7 Years
Rest in Peace Son
A letter to Robert
September 1, 2007
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