womenTALK: Notes from the Nursery

Tuesday, Jul 03rd 2012

Anniversary of Accident Makes Me Appreciate My Children

authored by Marcia Mangum Cronin

July 2 was the one-year anniversary of my younger daughter's serious car accident. I didn't want to dwell on it yesterday—and possibly increase my anxiety—but I feel some reflection is still needed, as part of my healing process. Early on the morning of July 2, 2011, my daughter was riding in a van with five other teenagers and an adult driver traveling up the Eastern Shore of Virginia on their way to a religious camp in New York.

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