On Monday when I went to pick the boys up from school, the main intersection that I use to get to the school was closed by police cars. There was police tape everywhere and a bunch of police cars. It wasn't until I reached the playground that I found out what happened.
A 10 year old girl from our school was walking home from lunch, at the cross walk, behind her younger sister and the crossing guard..... and was hit by a car that failed to stop at the intersection.
10 years old.
She died later that night.
There simply aren't enough words to describe it. Horrific, unspeakable, tragic, heart-breaking, devastating, gut-wrenching.... they don't even scratch the surface.
To say that this rocked our community and the school is an understatement. To say it shook me to the core, is almost close.
This child, this 10 year old girl who was so vibrant and full of life, was killed because someone didn't stop. I knew the girl. She used to take Karate with Aidan. We saw her and her sister walking to and from school all the time. She was a bubbly red-head who's personality was bigger than life. She was a singer, a sister, a friend and a daughter.
The cross-walk where it happened? We use it ALL THE TIME when I walk the kids home from school. Just this year I started letting Aidan and Quinn walk home from school on their own, and they use that cross walk which is manned by a crossing guard.
I sat the boys down on Tuesday morning and told them what happened. I didn't get five words out before I started crying. I told the boys that I was crying because I was so sad. So sad for this little girl. So sad for her family which lost a daughter and sister. And I was crying because I was scared. Scared that something like this could happen to them. And that if something like this happened to one of them how devastated I'd be. I'm fairly sure I was a garbled mess, but they sat their patiently and listened.
They have erected a makeshift memorial on the corner of the intersection where the accident happened. I have yet to drive through the intersection without bursting into tears.
It will be a while before we can recover from this tragedy. My thoughts and prayers go out to this little girl's family who's loss is indescribable.
"Sweet little flower of Heavenly birth, you were too fair to bloom on Earth"
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So so sad. That and Nicole's death has been heartbreaking for our area.
Mia was sledding on the same hill with Jillian and her sister a couple of weeks ago--she recognized her immediately. They were the exact same age--so hard to imagine and very real when we have kids this age.
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