Right now I am holding my children a little tighter, saying I love you a little more frequently and trying to memorize every little detail about them. Why, you ask? Well because yesterday I received a terrible phone call.
It seems that on Sunday, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, Abby's friend Amy was travelling with her family to BC to go visit her uncle. All of a sudden they were hit head on by a Dodge truck coming from the opposite direction. Amy and her father were killed instantly, her mother is in the hospital with a broken collar bone and shattered wrist and her brother, who was in a different vehicle is completely fine.
My heart is broken for this mother who, in a split second, lost just about everything that she had to live for. She had already had another daughter die at the age of 2 when she was on vacation in Hawaii, and now she has lost her other daughter and her husband. She is, of course, devastated, and in the hospital. I can only imagine the pain that she is going through at this moment. I spent yesterday in tears because I don't know if this would be something that I could ever recover from.
As I explained everything to Abby, it was comforting to know that she understood our beliefs as to what happens when we die. She immediately said how excited Amy must be to be playing with her older sister up in heaven. She also said that Amy must be talking to Robin and playing with her, and I assured her that Amy would probably be telling Robin all about her big sister. Abby and Amy were good friends. They rode the bus together and they sat close to each other in class. I am worried about what it will be like for Abby on Monday when she goes back to school, so I am making arrangements for me to go with her and spend a couple of hours with her at the school until she feels ready for me to leave.
This is a terrible event that has happened to this family, and as I sit here and listen to my children playing I am sending up a prayer for Jennifer (Amy's mom), because my heart breaks for her, and I wish I knew what else I could do.
It seems that on Sunday, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, Abby's friend Amy was travelling with her family to BC to go visit her uncle. All of a sudden they were hit head on by a Dodge truck coming from the opposite direction. Amy and her father were killed instantly, her mother is in the hospital with a broken collar bone and shattered wrist and her brother, who was in a different vehicle is completely fine.
My heart is broken for this mother who, in a split second, lost just about everything that she had to live for. She had already had another daughter die at the age of 2 when she was on vacation in Hawaii, and now she has lost her other daughter and her husband. She is, of course, devastated, and in the hospital. I can only imagine the pain that she is going through at this moment. I spent yesterday in tears because I don't know if this would be something that I could ever recover from.
As I explained everything to Abby, it was comforting to know that she understood our beliefs as to what happens when we die. She immediately said how excited Amy must be to be playing with her older sister up in heaven. She also said that Amy must be talking to Robin and playing with her, and I assured her that Amy would probably be telling Robin all about her big sister. Abby and Amy were good friends. They rode the bus together and they sat close to each other in class. I am worried about what it will be like for Abby on Monday when she goes back to school, so I am making arrangements for me to go with her and spend a couple of hours with her at the school until she feels ready for me to leave.
This is a terrible event that has happened to this family, and as I sit here and listen to my children playing I am sending up a prayer for Jennifer (Amy's mom), because my heart breaks for her, and I wish I knew what else I could do.
1 comments:
Oh megs - this breaks my heart. My thoughts and prayers are with Amy's family. I hope Abby does okay on Monday - give her some love for us!
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