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T&P for DH's family
I want to ask for some thoughts and prayers for DH's extended family this morning. Last Thursday his cousin in Arkansas died in an ATV accident. He was 34 and left behind a wife and 16mo baby girl. He lives next to his sister's family and his parents - both families moved there in the past year from FL to be near cousin's family. They live very close up on a mountain and ride the ATV's back forth between the houses (their road is just gravel, not pavement). The cousin went to drop off the baby at his parents' house. The baby always wears a helmet and they go slowly with her but after dropping her off he peeled away to go to his BIL's since they were building a fence. When he didn't arrive at BIL's, BIL went out to look for him, found him not breathing on the ground and called cousin's father who went out and tried giving him CPR but they could not revive him. He was not a wearing a helmet himself.
Cousin's mom (DH' aunt, MIL's sister) asked MIL and her other sisters to come out and help her through this. None of DH's other siblings could make it work to go with MIL so he is out there with her now (MIL is physically uncapabale of handling air travel, never learned to drive and is also mentally incapabale of making all the plans for such a trip). We did not know this particular cousin very well but we do know his siblings and of course, DH's aunt and uncle. I am fb friends with them though and just seeing the family pictures and pics of the baby the past few years does make me feel closer to them and realize how much they have lost in losing him.
This morning is the memorial service. His wife posted "I can do this..." on fb this morning and my heart just breaks for her to have to go through losing her spouse and raising Anna without him. She also has her own family in that area, so while she won't be raising her alone, I can't imagine raising my own girls without knowing their father except through pictures and video.
I know they will all be hurting for a very long time, but I just hope and pray that this does not destroy any of their lives. I feel so badly for everyone involved - his BIL who found him, his dad who tried CPR on his dead son, his mother who lost her youngest baby, his sister and brother who lost a younger sibling and mostly (probably because of my own stage in life) his wife and baby daughter. I know they have kept busy the past few days with making arrangements and family in town and making collages/videos/slideshows for the service. However when that is all over I hope they can grieve but also find a way to live and find some happiness again in the future.
Cousin's mom (DH' aunt, MIL's sister) asked MIL and her other sisters to come out and help her through this. None of DH's other siblings could make it work to go with MIL so he is out there with her now (MIL is physically uncapabale of handling air travel, never learned to drive and is also mentally incapabale of making all the plans for such a trip). We did not know this particular cousin very well but we do know his siblings and of course, DH's aunt and uncle. I am fb friends with them though and just seeing the family pictures and pics of the baby the past few years does make me feel closer to them and realize how much they have lost in losing him.
This morning is the memorial service. His wife posted "I can do this..." on fb this morning and my heart just breaks for her to have to go through losing her spouse and raising Anna without him. She also has her own family in that area, so while she won't be raising her alone, I can't imagine raising my own girls without knowing their father except through pictures and video.
I know they will all be hurting for a very long time, but I just hope and pray that this does not destroy any of their lives. I feel so badly for everyone involved - his BIL who found him, his dad who tried CPR on his dead son, his mother who lost her youngest baby, his sister and brother who lost a younger sibling and mostly (probably because of my own stage in life) his wife and baby daughter. I know they have kept busy the past few days with making arrangements and family in town and making collages/videos/slideshows for the service. However when that is all over I hope they can grieve but also find a way to live and find some happiness again in the future.
Re: T&P for DH's family
oh, so very sad. I know that ATVs are a way of life in some areas, but everytime I read these stories... I wonder if/when they will be taken off the market. And helmets should be a requirement for everyone!
(says the woman who fell off a quad/ATV in Mexico, sans helmet, miles from medical care.)
"What is a week-end?"
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I know, they scare me too. I knew someone in grade school that had an accident and was very badly injured. I know that probably many people ride them and are never injured, but they seem so dangerous to me as well.
I'm so sorry for your loss (and DH's!)! That's so sad.
I hope they can find a way to grieve and go on after all the flurry of activity subsides.
Lots of T&Ps going out to them.
I'm so sorry for the loss!
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