As I woke up this morning fretting about rough drafts I have due tomorrow, a lab exam today, and a closing shift I have to report to tonight I thought nothing of the date.
Until I got on facebook.
My mother's status brought back a rush of emotions
"Remembering AL4 today and hope to see many of you at Alki tonight."
That stormy Thursday night, 6 years ago was suddenly crushing down on me.
The AL4 crash was more catastrophic for me than the attacks of 9/11.
The event was real and hit closer to home, that could have been my mom.
An Airlift nurse by the name of Jennifer Culkin wrote a memoir a few years back, and it ends with the crash.
To read that is the strangest experience... to see something you thought was so intimate splayed out for the world to see. I love the book- its one of my all time favorites, but I still get goosebumps as I read about her reaction to the crash.
Lois, Steve, and Erin would not want us to grieve anymore, but to live our lives to the fullest and enjoy every moment. Every laugh, every child, every glass of wine.
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