HEARTBROKEN........

I SNAPPED THIS PICTURE ON JULY 4TH WITH RHETT, JAELEY, AND BRAYDEN.  I AM SURE MELISSA AND LEXIE WERE AT THE OTHER END OF THE RACE.

  MONDAY NIGHT WHILE WE WERE COMING HOME FROM  FROM HAVING DINNER WITH ROG AND PAULA AT THE CABIN.....WE HAD NO IDEA OF THE HORRIFIC EVENTS THAT  WERE HAPPENING IN OGDEN WITH RHETT AND MELISSA'S FAMILY.

THEY WERE LEAVING A WARD SWIMMING PARTY.  THEY WERE GETTING INTO THEIR CAR WHEN LEXIE (BEN'S AGE) SLIPPED AWAY FROM MELISSA (ANDREA'S SISTER).  MELISSA WAS RUNNING AFTER HER WHEN SHE STEPPED INTO A PLACE WHERE A PICKUP WAS PULLING IN TO PARK.  SHE WAS HIT BY THE PICKUP AND PASSED AWAY.  JER CALLED ME THAT NIGHT ABOUT 9:45 AND NEITHER OF US GOT ANY SLEEP.  SHAD WAS ASLEEP SO I DIDN'T WAKE HIM.  ANDREA HAD TAKEN THE BOYS OUT CAMPING WITH A FEW OTHER MOM'S IN THEIR SCOUTS (JER COULDN'T GO BECAUSE OF WORK).  HE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS TRYING TO FIND HER AT MT. CHARLESTON (NO CELL PHONE SERVICE).   HE FINALLY WENT BACK HOME AND WASN'T ABLE TO TALK TO ANDREA UNTIL TUESDAY AROUND NOON.  THEN THEY CAME TUES. NIGHT AND GOT HERE AT MIDNIGHT.  JER AND THE BOYS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE, BUT HE IS LEAVING SOON TO GO BACK FOR WORK THURS AND FRIDAY (IF THE FUNERAL IS SATURDAY).  I HAVEN'T SEEN ANDREA BUT SHAD RAN SOME FOOD UP AND HUGGED HER.  WE ARE HEADED TO ROG AND PAULA'S AFTER JER LEAVES.

ONCE AGAIN.....WE ARE IN A NIGHTMARE  AND WE CAN'T WAKE UP.  THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING NIGHTMARE.  IT IT SOMETHING YOU NEVER GET OVER.  WE DO KNOW THAT.  WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING CONTINUALLY FOR ALL OF THE SMITHS', ANDERSONS', AND JER AND ANDREA'S FAMILY.  I TALKED TO MINDY YESTERDAY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT AFTER 17 YEARS, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO A LOVED ONE, IT ALL COMES FLOODING BACK.  WE ARE TRULY HEARTBROKEN!