Today I am venturing into the great state of Pennsylvania, my long missed home-away-from-home. But today, I'm not headed there for joyous reasons. My loving, beautiful, and amazing sorority sister, Marah, lost both of her parents last Friday in a horrible car crash on their way to pick Marah up from Westminster for the summer. I can't even imagine the pain she is going through; my thoughts and prayers have traveled her way for the past week.
For more information on the accident:
http://www.wcn247.com/deadly-traffic-accident-claims-the-lives-of-westminster-student-s-parents-1.2871290#.T7Ott-umjd4
At Hannah's dance competition on Sunday, one dancer performed to the song "I Died in a Car Crash" and it just seemed like the worst timing. 1) It was Mother's Day, so I was already thinking about how grateful I was to have my mother with me. 2) I felt guilty knowing that Marah could no longer celebrate Mother's Day with her mom, or Father's Day with her dad for that matter. 3) That song came on, with its powerful lyrics tied to the beauty of dance, and the waterworks gushed.
With a total seven hour drive in front of me, I am looking forward to the journey there, for it will bring visits with the boyfriend, my best dude Ethan, and the sorority girls I am dearly missing. But the ride back, I know will be filled with reflections: on my life, on my parents, on how different my world would truly be without them. Although I am an adult now, I couldn't imagine growing up further without them to point me along.
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