Whenever someone posts a comment for a post on this blog, I get a copy of the comment emailed to me. Recently, a comment was left about this post by "Melissa" about an April 4th post regarding the first hug from Taylor following the accident that happened 8 months ago today. I waited 35 days for that hug and it was worth the wait.
We don't know Melissa, but we're glad that she left the following comment:
"I am not sure how I came across this blog, but I am so thankful that I did. The truth is, I know that God had his way in me reading Taylor's Story and yours from the family. I have read it from the very first blog to get the entire story and this entry is where I started tearing up and broke down. I haven't had any communication with my brother in almost 2 years and this entry showed me that I have to make it right, and to tell him that I love him no matter what the past was."
When Taylor was in the Trauma unit and able to communicate with us by either mouthing the words or spelling the words out on a chart, he often asked "Why me?" We told him that we didn't know, but that we knew God would make sure something good came out of what had happened to him. We told him there were some things that could happen as a result of his wreck that he might not even know about.
We've had friends of Taylor's tell us that they hadn't been real good about wearing seat belts before Taylor's wreck, but were working hard to get in the habit of always buckling up.
Within a week or two of Taylor's wreck, a former longtime friend of Lauren's contacted her and told her that Taylor's accident caused her to realize how petty their previous disagreement had been. At the time, they hadn't spoken to one another in months. Her friend told her that she wanted to put the past aside and start over. Today, they remain close friends.
Melissa is another who has realized that whatever problems develop between friends and family, it likely wasn't important enough to lose contact with that person.
We don't know Melissa, but we're glad that she left the following comment:
"I am not sure how I came across this blog, but I am so thankful that I did. The truth is, I know that God had his way in me reading Taylor's Story and yours from the family. I have read it from the very first blog to get the entire story and this entry is where I started tearing up and broke down. I haven't had any communication with my brother in almost 2 years and this entry showed me that I have to make it right, and to tell him that I love him no matter what the past was."
When Taylor was in the Trauma unit and able to communicate with us by either mouthing the words or spelling the words out on a chart, he often asked "Why me?" We told him that we didn't know, but that we knew God would make sure something good came out of what had happened to him. We told him there were some things that could happen as a result of his wreck that he might not even know about.
We've had friends of Taylor's tell us that they hadn't been real good about wearing seat belts before Taylor's wreck, but were working hard to get in the habit of always buckling up.
Within a week or two of Taylor's wreck, a former longtime friend of Lauren's contacted her and told her that Taylor's accident caused her to realize how petty their previous disagreement had been. At the time, they hadn't spoken to one another in months. Her friend told her that she wanted to put the past aside and start over. Today, they remain close friends.
Melissa is another who has realized that whatever problems develop between friends and family, it likely wasn't important enough to lose contact with that person.
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