tergail
I am a child of God
It was Wednesday, March 1. Erin had come by to fax an invoice for her husband's welding business because their phone was out of order.
I had been out in my garden burning some small limbs and brush and was lying down on my bed. she came in and while her fax was feeding through, she lay down beside me and said her back had been hurting.
She had hit a deer with her car a month before and had had migranes ever since. She wouldn't go get checked for it, saying it would be all right. She didn't stay long, just went in and talked to her 15yo brother a few minutes. I walked her out to her car, giving her a big hug and kiss as we always did. she would never leave without telling all three of us how much she loved us.
I called around 6:30 to offer her and Jeff some of the tuna casserole I had made for supper. She didn't answer the phone, but I thought she was probably sleeping because her back hurt and she had taken medicine the doctor had given her for it. I tried Jeff's phone at the shop and he didn't answer either, but if he's busy welding, he won't answer sometimes.
we had gone to bed and our phone rang around 1:00. I picked it up but noone said anything. Then a car came rushing into our driveway and I got my husband up and we went to the door. It was Jeff's dad. He said, "Erin's dead!" I said "NO, she can't be!" He said yes, she was. I was in utter shock! I asked if I could see hr and he said sure. so my husband and I quickly got dressed and went over. There were police cars and an ambulance. I went down the hall to the bedroom and there were police standing around her body, which was covered with a sheet. I asked if I could see her and the coroner advised against it. I said, "They didn't let me see my baby when she was stillborn and I am going to see my baby girld here." The coroner said I didn't have to be hateful. I didn't even realize I was bing that way. But they pulled the sheet back and I knelt down beside my beautiful blonde headed blue eyed 23 year old daughter and kissed her cheek and ran my fingers through her hair which was spread above her head on the floor. My angel, one of the two greatest blessing of my entire life, was gone to Heaven.
She looked peaceful, just like she was sleeping.
they told me they'd have to do an autopsy since she died at home, s they took her to a city about an hour away and brought her back the next afternoon. We still haven't seen a copy of the report but the death certificate says, Accidental overdose of prescription drugs. The coroner said she probably woke up, still in pain and took more medicine too soon together. She had called Jeff around 10:00 to see when he'd be in, but he said she hadn't mentioned feeling bad. He had to work until 12:00 finishing a job and when he came in he found her beside the bed. he tried CPR and called 911 but it was too late.
She was light in our home and hearts, a joy to be around, always doing everything she could to make our lives better. We miss her more than words can say. It's been 8 months tomorrow since she went to heaven and I have cried every single day for her.
She had accepted the Lord Jesus as her Savior and I know where she is today, but our family circle has been broken and we are so different than we were.
That's my story of my beautiful Erin.
You know, i thought losing my mom suddenly was the worst thing that ever could have happened to me. But I know losing a child has to be the worst thing you cuold ever experience in your life. Without God, I don't know how anyone would get through it!
My heart goes out to you as well. You are in my prayers!
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