Today has been such a long day...starting at 1:30 a.m. when I missed someone's call, but at the time, I didn't know who it was. For the next several hours, as the rain and thunder continually woke me up, I kept thinking about how there was no way I would get to work or my early morning appt. because of the tendency for my road to flood. At about 4:15 a.m., Mom came into my room and told me she had bad news. She started to tell me, but was sobbing and I couldn't understand her. I asked her to tell me again, and she told me about how my brother and the girl he'd gone out were in her car and they got swept away in the flooding near our house. Rescuers were able to pull him out with minor scrapes and bruises, but couldn't find her. I realized then that they'd tried to call me before it all went down, but I didn't answer...
They brought him home and my mom told him to go to bed. For the next several hours, we watched the news and stood by the phone, hoping to hear that she'd been rescued. I left for work and called home every few hours with no news. Earlier tonight I called home and Mom informed me that her body had been recovered...it's what I'd already assumed had happened because it'd been so long, but it's not what I wanted to hear.
my bro seems to be doing well, but pray for him and for Christine's family.
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