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My daughter is 2 1/2 years old, and already has a BFF at daycare. Her BFF also has a little brother, who is also BFFs with my 17 month old son. In dropping the children off this morning, the babysitter tells me that their mother was in a crash yesterday. I saw my daughter's BFF, Jayla when I picked up the children yesterday afternoon.
Since the babysitter only speaks Spanish, she finds it difficult to speak with me about things. She tries to say things slowly and only use words that she knows I'll understand, but sometimes that changes the context of what she's actually trying to say. I'm not quite sure I understood her correctly. I hope to God I didn't understand!
From the way she told me about the crash, it sounded as if Jayla--who's 3 years old--was killed. She said that their car was totaled, but the other person's car was fine. I hope to God that what she was referring to was just the car, and none of the people inside. She didn't say anything about Dillon (her little brother who she also takes care of), so I believe it was just a miscommunication.
I have been going crazy all afternoon thinking about it. I left a message for my husband, but he probably won't find anything out until this afternoon when he picks up the children.
Since the babysitter only speaks Spanish, she finds it difficult to speak with me about things. She tries to say things slowly and only use words that she knows I'll understand, but sometimes that changes the context of what she's actually trying to say. I'm not quite sure I understood her correctly. I hope to God I didn't understand!
From the way she told me about the crash, it sounded as if Jayla--who's 3 years old--was killed. She said that their car was totaled, but the other person's car was fine. I hope to God that what she was referring to was just the car, and none of the people inside. She didn't say anything about Dillon (her little brother who she also takes care of), so I believe it was just a miscommunication.
I have been going crazy all afternoon thinking about it. I left a message for my husband, but he probably won't find anything out until this afternoon when he picks up the children.
I am so very sorry that this has come up, it must be tearing you apart not knowing for sure what happened.
Please let us know when you know.
Gentle hugs
I didn't find out for sure until almost 10 PM last night. Needless to say, still kept me from getting any sleep. I guess that I was just so relieved, I couldn't quite calm down enough to settle for the night.
Onward and forward!
when I am out there driving , it seems as though 90% of people are doing this. They never are driving as normal as they think they are.
It is such a senseless careless, selfish act and is my biggest pet peeve in the world, along with drunk or impaired driving.
I am not suggesting you mention this especially with a communicatin problem involved. But I think most would agree , if you all reading this , give this some thought next time some of you may be tempted to just text real quickly , it could save a life or at least property loss.
just pull over. and I don't mean, stop while about to leave a public parking lot , making us wait behind you while you send the text.
I really hope I am not out of line. But it is lives.
blessings
I'm guilty of this myself, but have learned my lesson. I once called my husband to find out how traffic was on our street, so I could know whether it was more beneficial to take side streets. He wasn't paying attention and didn't realize he made an error in front of a police officer.
Needless to say, he was pulled over. The officer only gave him warning, but didn't resist the opportunity to inform him that the officer has the power to have him deported.
I have an uncle (the husband of my mom's sister) who had to learn this lesson the hard way. It wasn't for cell usage while driving (cell phones weren't out at the time). He was driving home after drinking, got into accident, and killed a family. He was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter. He was just released a few years ago. A couple of years after his release, he lost his son to cancer.
I, too, hope that anyone who reads this takes this to heart. Those few seconds to send a text are not worth the loss of a lifetime, nor is drunk driving.