Dear Christine,
I never go to the baby center web sites (or the grief ones), but ventured there one evening last month to see if there was a remote chance of a mom with a new baby, a March 06 baby, that also has one in Heaven.....I scrolled down one page, found your entry, camped at your site a while, read the amazing similarities of our boys that have probably met by now, then bookmarked your info and emailed it to myself and kept as new knowing I may want to contact you someday....simply to connect with someone who 'gets it' is often what I need most. (other than to hold my Matthew again......) I'd been thrown back emotionally in the depths of pain again, and just went 'surfing' one evening on line......just my daughter having started the big K at the same school my son was at. I thought I was ready emotionally with the ties and bonds and happy memories there; now I know.
I type now because I immediately recognized your kids in a news preview of a story to air later tonight on the 10pm news on our Ch. 8....WFAA.com. I am in Fort Worth. I learned you're also a TX mom.
Wise beyond his years, reading at age 2 1/2, not the rough and tough all boy type at all, full of life, laughter, smiles and love for everyone.....he lived 7 yrs 2 months and 9 days until our brand new 'safe' van was hit by a drunk driver just north of San Antonio 7/14/03.....he died at the scene while my husband, daughter and myself were care-flighted to SA where we stayed for 4 days..... my daughter just turned 6 in Dec, and like you, we have a new little one, a new daughter. While the way our sons were taken from us differ, our pain is very similar. For me, he was my only son, my first born and first grandchild on both sides. We are believers with a strong support system, but, still members of 'the club' like it or not.....I'm inspired by this site i'm emailing you from, the Memory Of page and will eventually create one for my Matthew....
After our legal ordeal, the driver got 9 yrs in prison and is eligible for parole next January. The man, then 49 yrs old, had never even received a speeding ticket.....we forgave him and our story ran front page and we too did some TV interviews and even James Robison's "Life Today".....I'm typing in circles....and digressing.
I will watch your story tonight. I admire and respect your fight to get the major flaw fixed, Kyle's story out and his life memorialized as we drudge ahead trying our hardest to make room in our broken hearts for the joys that are out there and visible before our eyes. I feel my fight is futile, as MADD has been around a long time. For the first time, I may react proactively and participate in the walk that happened to be rescheduled on Matthew's b-day, 5/5......
I simply had to take the time to email after I happened to record an earlier show that previewed your story! Best of luck to you. Hug those precious ones. ..... and know there's someone up in the Metroplex thinking of you......
Amy Cobble
