We were out running errands tonight and as we turned the second to last corner to our house we were faced with several emergency vehicles, with their lights flashing. I instantly went back in my memory, just a couple minutes before, when I had seen LifeFlight landing. I thought it was landing at the airport, it had actually landed at the park located at the end of our street. I instantly felt sick to my stomach, not knowing anything, I instantly assumed something really bad had happened to a small child at the park.
We parked our car and got out to hopefully get some information and waited along with what seemed like the entire neighborhood, so many people waiting. I asked a couple people and finally someone said the ambulance had transported someone to the park where the helicopter was waiting. I then look behind me up the street to see more emergency vehicles, lights flashing.
After asking a few more people, apparently a child had been hit by a vehicle in a driveway. Talk about heart ache! Oh no! Something I always worry about and something that happens way too often! Several minutes passed and they continued to work on her in the back of the ambulance, the whole time the helicopter sitting, waiting, quite. I started to really worry because if they weren't transporting her then it wasn't a good sign. Finally, after who knows how long, they got her out of the ambulance and moved her to the helicopter.
I couldn't help but think about her mom and the fear she must be feeling and then my thoughts went to the person that hit her and I cannot imagine the agony that person is currently going through.
The news is now reporting she is 4 years old and was visiting her cousins house. She is in critical condition. I hope she recovers and I hope the woman that hit her finds some stillness in the chaos.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
A few of the things I miss
I've been a Navy Mom for 10 months and 3 days now. I think I'm finally getting the hang of this but there are things I definitely miss. Here's my list, and I'm sure other things will make their way into my memory when I start to miss them too.
1) Laundry, washing 6 loads of laundry instead of 3. I'm not sure how one more person added so much more laundry, but there is so little of it lately.
2) Reminding Austin to brush his teeth and fix his hair. He did need reminders.
3) Running out of milk. We always have milk now, sometimes I wish we would run out.
4) Running out of bread. Austin would eat half a loaf at one time.
5) Not buying Oreo cookies, which are Austin's favorite treat.
6) Toothpaste in the sink that didn't get washed down.
7) Austin's smell, we all have our smell and I miss his
8) Hearing him come in the house after I've been asleep for several hours, who knows the time, but he's just getting home.
9) Waking him up for school in the morning, it was difficult the last year of school, but I wish I could still wake him up everyday
10) Listening to the typing of the keyboard
11) Hearing him talk to his friends
12) His laugh, oh how I miss hearing his laugh from the hallway, the kitchen, his bedroom, the back seat of the car, the front seat of the car
13) Racing to the driver's door, so I don't have to tell him he can't drive, because I have a hard time letting anyone else drive
14) Wiping up his crumbs and milk from the kitchen counter
15) Trying to convince him to mow the lawn
16) Walking next to him
17) Driving him to Lehi to see his friend
18) Going out to dinner with him
19) Taking him to a movie
20) Watching him roll on the floor with the dogs
21) Looking at him and thinking how handsome he is and how grateful I am to be his mom. I can do this from pictures, but there really is something to say about looking at your son, so tall, handsome, strong, funny, brilliant, witty, and a straight talker and feeling that amazing sense of pride
Well that's my list for now. I miss the boy so very much and some day's my heart is a little more tender than others.
1) Laundry, washing 6 loads of laundry instead of 3. I'm not sure how one more person added so much more laundry, but there is so little of it lately.
2) Reminding Austin to brush his teeth and fix his hair. He did need reminders.
3) Running out of milk. We always have milk now, sometimes I wish we would run out.
4) Running out of bread. Austin would eat half a loaf at one time.
5) Not buying Oreo cookies, which are Austin's favorite treat.
6) Toothpaste in the sink that didn't get washed down.
7) Austin's smell, we all have our smell and I miss his
8) Hearing him come in the house after I've been asleep for several hours, who knows the time, but he's just getting home.
9) Waking him up for school in the morning, it was difficult the last year of school, but I wish I could still wake him up everyday
10) Listening to the typing of the keyboard
11) Hearing him talk to his friends
12) His laugh, oh how I miss hearing his laugh from the hallway, the kitchen, his bedroom, the back seat of the car, the front seat of the car
13) Racing to the driver's door, so I don't have to tell him he can't drive, because I have a hard time letting anyone else drive
14) Wiping up his crumbs and milk from the kitchen counter
15) Trying to convince him to mow the lawn
16) Walking next to him
17) Driving him to Lehi to see his friend
18) Going out to dinner with him
19) Taking him to a movie
20) Watching him roll on the floor with the dogs
21) Looking at him and thinking how handsome he is and how grateful I am to be his mom. I can do this from pictures, but there really is something to say about looking at your son, so tall, handsome, strong, funny, brilliant, witty, and a straight talker and feeling that amazing sense of pride
Well that's my list for now. I miss the boy so very much and some day's my heart is a little more tender than others.
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