Busy Day Ahead in Muddling Through As Best I Can
- Feb. 16, 2016, 8:11 a.m.
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Today is early voting here in Texas, so I’m about to dress and head out the door to the voting box. Then, it’s on to the nearest county clerk office to pick up some paperwork. The attorney needs a copy of my daughter in law’s autopsy report. Not looking forward to it, but frankly, it can’t be any worse than reading my son’s was. Reading a catalogue of the injuries was almost as hard as seeing him after the wreck. Also, it’s been nearly ten months so hopefully I’m a little more emotionally able to see it.
Still waiting for a court date on our custody case. The other side lost their attorney, she withdrew for non-payment, and they haven’t yet replaced her, so it will probably mean another delay. I think they’re waiting on income tax refunds to try to retain another.
The criminal case against the drunk driver that took the kids lives is scheduled for March 21. Seems both too close and too far away. Again, though, I’m hoping nothing happens to delay it further.
I am also waiting to hear back from the assistant district attorney. He contacted me last week regarding my testimony. They will use me during the punishment phase of the trial to speak on what I saw at the accident scene and how it affected us all afterwards. This is for emotional impact, he said, and gives me a chance to tell the court how I feel. I am going to do it of course, but I’m not a “break down in public and cry for pity” person. That kind of emotional dispay is not my style, but I am prepared. I’ve written and re-written the statement they’ve told me to prepare about a dozen times until I realized; I can’t possibly say everything I want to say to the court and the man who caused all this. I had to boil it down to the most salient points I want to make instead. I hope it suffices to impact the court and the young man both. I chose not to attack him as in so many other statements I have read from others. I’ll post it soon, as soon as I’m sure it’s what I want to say.
Of course, all this is going on during February, when I dwell too much on the death of my first son. His accident happened on the 5th of February, he passed on the 24th, and we laid him to rest on the 29th, another leap year. So February is often a month of melancholy.
The grands are doing well, Sienna is now in dance class, Raina is pulling up and standing; I expect her to be walking soon. Grant loves his “Peepaw” as he calls me. He has a whole ritual of kisses, hugs, high fives and fist bumps that must be performed each day before I leave for work. He’s a little heart stealer. Corbin is doing great and making strides in speech therapy, and Reese is the perfect oldest brother at the ripe old age of six. Micah is turning three this month, and we’re invited to his first official birthday party ever, and I am ridiculously excited. I look forward so much to positive things during this month, and nothing is more positive to me than happy memories with my family.
Last updated February 16, 2016
I need tea. ⋅ February 16, 2016
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