so very sad

I write for comic relief.
I write to spout off my take on life’s funny little quirks that happen to us all.

But life isn’t always funny.

And when I hear about something so horrific, like this poor woman who in a split second of her life, lost all five of her children and two neices to a senseless car accident….

Well it just seems too trivial in comparison to even write.

I’m angered that each and every article that pops up about the horrendous catastrophe seems to focus on the fact that the girl driving was 15 years old and only had a learners permit.
I’m angered that the press, in it’s desperate attempt to make any story sound exciting, chooses to throw this around like it had anything to do with the fact that the children’s vehicle was slammed from the rear by a huge truck that didn’t break before crashing into the back of them, pinning their car between itself and the school bus in front of it.

The children’s car instantaneously burst into flames.

They were sitting at a red light.

Her age was irrelevant.

I’m heart sick for this woman, who in one nightmarish blink, lost the sounds of giggles, and arguing, the sounds of homework, and forks scratching on dinner plates, and bedtime routines and the hustle bustle of a house full of family getting ready for school in the mornings, and then…..

to top it off, shortly thereafter this poor woman lost her own father, upon hearing the news of the fate of his grandchildren. His heart couldn’t take the information.

So much devastating loss.
So much of what happens in life seems so unfair.

Keep her in your thoughts and prayers. It could have just as easily been one of us.