I found out yesterday that my Aunt Donna was killed in a head on collision on Sunday. A car traveling in the opposite direction swerved left of center. The articles say that the road conditions were bad.
She was coming back from a birthday party for her grandson. She had her daughter and her three kids in the van with her.
My aunt was flown by helicopter but died on route. My cousin was also flow by helicopter. She is stable with a broken arm, leg and pelvis.
The three kids, 11, 8 and 18 months were also injured with cuts and a couple broken bones but are due to get out of the hospital today.
The people in the other car both survived. There was a 55 year old woman and her 18 year old daughter. The daughter was taken to the hospital and released. The mother is still in but in stable condition. There was no alcohol or drugs involved. It was just stricky a bad accident due to icey roads.
Her son could not find my mothers phone number to call her Sunday but he finally found it in her address book yesterday.
She was only 57 years old. It is such a shock. She had such a hard life for so long. She had an abusive alcoholic husband and it took her years to finally get away from. When she finally did it took her years to get a divorce from him and then later he died.
Her mother was ill for several years and she was her main care giver. Her daughter had some medical issues after that. I remember her referring to it as brain fever. She lost a great deal of her memory. She did not even remember her own twins. It took her years with therapy to recover.
It seemed like one bad thing after another for that lady but she rarely complained. She was like a saint sometimes and to the point that it could be almost irritating. No drinking, no swearing, no smoking, no ill feelings and honest as the day was long.
She was finally at that good point in life. Her four kids were raised and living their lives. She had time to enjoy her grand kids. She was actually seeing a man in a casual relationship which was really good for her. She worked two jobs and was always fixing up her home. She did all the work herself. It took time but she was a very patient person.
It is just so terrible and unfair. My poor mother was so shaken she could not even call her other sister so I called her. She was horribly shaken. This is was their baby sister. My mom always thought she would well out live both of them.
I guess I got to rambling a bit but it is still so hard to believe. We have no idea yet when the funeral will be as they are waiting until her daughter can attend.