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Mike's friend Zak is in town for the weekend and we all made plans to go out. My parents were taking the kids to a car show where they would finish off the night with fireworks.

I dropped the kids off at my parents while Mike and Zak ran errands. We went out and later on in the night my mom called to tell me that something bad had happened during the fireworks. She said, "Thank GOD none of the kids were hurt but some people around them that had also been watching the fireworks got badly injured when an older lady came barreling into the crowd with her car. My parents were sitting toward the right and the crowd that got hit, was in the middle of them. The story of what the lady was actually doing is still unknown but under investigation. She accelerated into the crowd and hit several people. A man and his wife were hit and the lady actually went under the car. the Man was hit onto the hood of the lady's car and then drug back under her car. When he went under, his wife was pushed out and he was run over. Our kids, Witnessed this all happen. Luckily, one of my parent's friends was there to help turn Olivia's head and keep Gavin and Channing's attention but it wasn't enough b/c they had seen it. Olivia had lots of questions. My parents tried to answer them the best they could without scaring her.

when Olivia woke up this morning she asked me if I had talked to grandma about what had happened. I told her yes and she began to go into great detail about what she saw. She couldn't understand why there was so much blood. I just reassured her that the people who were hurt were taken to the hospital and they were going to be OK. channing woke up and got into graphic detail about what he saw. I'm so saddened for the situation but more so that little children had witnessed this. In the paper today, the man that had been drug underneath the car, passed away today from his injuries. :( I can only thank God that my family was protected and the crazed lady did not harm them, but it still saddens me for the victims and their families.
Please keep my children in your prayers that God will wash away the horrific images they had to see this weekend.
God bless you all and just remember to never take life for granted.