It was about 10:00 pm when the car slid on the icy snow-covered road. It went sideways into oncoming traffic. State Route 82 was a busy road, even on this terrible blizzard of a night. She’d left her home only minutes earlier to go crosstown to pick up her teenage daughter’s best friend. They say she died instantly as a full-sized Oldsmobile hit her small car broadside.
She never thought she’d not be coming back home. She said no goodbyes, made no calls to those close to her. Never arranged to have her children’s future secured. Never thought of what would happen to the family business? Never was able to thank her husband for all that he’d done for her and the children. Never had a chance to reflect on the life she’d lived. (more…)