Please pray for my kids tonight

[Jasmin71]

oh wow so sorry, praying for your kids and everyone involved....

[cpaige]

My heart goes out to you all ! Thoughts are with you and your kids! Please let us know how they do. Poor kids......*sigh*

[Mama Stu]

Prayers and hugs go out to your kids.

[amy s]

I am also praying for you!

[LaLabrowneyes]

Hugs and prayers

[stacyloucks]

Prayers and hope for a quick resolution.

Hugs to you all!

[CW&M Mom]

Sending prayers!

[coupongirl69]

OMG I am so sorry. My heart is hurting for you guys. Hugs and prayers for all of you. I can't imagine how difficult this is to go through.
I pray that all goes well and that their wounds heal quickly.

[tmsmalley]

Unfortunately, I've been through a similar experience. My dad died when I was 17, my brother was 18. My parents were divorced, my grandmother couldn't cope at all (most likely had her first mini-stroke when she heard), his girlfriend turned into a royal b!tch and became VERY difficult to deal with. My mother who was married to him for more than 20 years was pushed aside. The poor funeral home guy didn't know who could sign the paper work since we were under 21. Finally he just had us sign anyway and crossed his fingers. It was all ugly and messy and got more complicated over the next year as the girlfriend was my brother's boss, fired him unfairly, stole dad's insurance money, etc.

Anyway, my point is to just hang in there and continue to support your kids. Since it has been 2 years and they're still reeling, see if there's a support group that would fit them. If they're in college, perhaps there's a campus group that would apply. There is no amount of money that ever replaces a lost loved one, but perhaps if nothing else, when the case is settled they can move forward a bit. It does get better over time and talking about it and going through the court process may actually help them.

All the best to all of you!
Tess

[kremsh]

Thanks to everyone for the prayers, they helped so much! They did settle today but details are unknown to me, confidentiality agreements and all that. There was one survivor, a woman from Michigan who was going on her honeymoon with her husband of three days, he was killed as well. She was on video giving her account of the accident in all it's gory detail, the family hadn't heard any of it so hearing word for word and what exactly happened was upsetting to them all but my DD said even though it wasn't something she wanted to hear, somehow it helped to know exactly what happened. They also found out there's another lawsuit filed on their behalf in PA, apparently its another arm of the company so they will have to do this again but now they know what to expect. At least this part of it is over, they are doing ok for now.

I'm still holding them tight, well as tight as a 20 YO DS will allow being the stubborn mule that he is, and letting them talk whenever they want to about whatever. DD is a lot more open than he is, so she talks a lot, and when she wants to rant and rave, I let her and just hug. Most days they are ok, just putting one foot in front of the other and coping, but then other days the smallest thing hits them and they take 2 steps back. I keep telling them you'll never get over losing them, it just gets a little easier with time. No magic wand with this kind of stuff.

Anyway, thanks again to all of you for listening, supporting and praying!