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Almost-tragedy: The Anniversary

Started by Karoli · 7 months ago

Dear Dancergirl,
Today is March 14, 2006, the seventh anniversary of the day that the world stood still. The day the van very nearly killed you. The day that I stared into the edge of hell for just an instant.
It was an ordinary enough day in an extraordinary way. I’d spe ... Continue reading »

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SwampHag
3 years ago

Oh boy. You sure can tell a story well. Even knowing she survived and is thriving to this day, you pulled me in and had my stomach in knots and you brought tears to my eyes.

And brought back memories of similar scares with my older son. *shudder*

You DO deserve her, you know.

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Donna
3 years ago

I'm very nearly in tears reading this account (which is not a good thing, since I'm sneaking in my friends' blogs when I should be paying attention to the PTA meeting that's occurring around me right now).

Beautiful post, DnW!

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kmilyun
3 years ago

Wow, I love how you tell a story. Nice to be reminded that there are miracles happening everyday.

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Sneadwoman
3 years ago

What a joyous miracle, an act of God. How luck you are to have your precious child and blessed we are for reading and how you've marked this day.

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Maryam Scoble
3 years ago

This story brought tears to my eyes. This is not the first time your writing has done that to me. You have such a powerful way of telling stories. Thanks for sharing this with us. I will definitely be driving slower and more carefully!

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