The kids successfully completed their first day of school for the 2011-2012 school year today. Woo hoo! The all came home tired, but happy. I met Ian and Zoey at the door with shouts of 'Oh my babies! My babies are home' and then grabbed them in a tight hug and smothered their faces with kisses will they screamed and wiggled away. Thank goodness their entry thru the door was staggered so I could smother them equally. In fact, there was such a delay that by the time Zoey got in the door Ian was free so she had no idea what was coming. Molly got a more grown-up greeting. After all, she's in fifth grade now! I even reenacted the scene for Daddy tonight at dinner with Ian as my example.
We are working on getting ourselves into a routine for the new school year. There have been a few tears tonight just from exhaustion….it’s been a long day. I myself have a killer headache. I’m not treating it because I’d like to take a sleeping pill tonight and I don’t like to double dose on medication. I’ve slept, since the accident, courtesy of Mr. Sleeping Pill.
I happen to think that’s normal. We saw a horrific tragedy. It sticks with you a bit. But I watched on the news today that a group is getting ready to sue. It’s not someone who was injured, or lifted debris off loved ones, or ran for their lives…..it’s a lawsuit by people like myself in the grandstands.
Really? And yes, I’m getting on my soapbox here and I fully acknowledge that not everyone will agree with me or share my point of view….but really? I don’t doubt there is emotional trauma. I’m right there with you (see above sleeping pills) but is it to the point where one sues because they were a witness to a horrible tragedy? Bad things sometimes happen and sometimes there are people who witness said events….this is life.
My understanding is – and please note that I am NOT a lawyer – but that there is a cap on how much can be awarded in a lawsuit resulting from this kind of event. So, again, assuming I understand this correctly, every dollar awarded to someone such as myself is a dollar that cannot and will not go to those who were on the dirt track, those who ran for their lives, those who lost their lives, those who lost a loved one, those who lifted the staging to pull someone out, those who crawled and handed injured people to others to form a human chain to get people to medical care. In my view, and let me stress that this is MY VIEW, those folks - the injured and the families of the dead - are at the top of the list of the 'right to sue.'
Count me out. So I currently have to take a sleeping pill and still break into random tears, yes, the video they keep showing brings back that sound….that sound of so many people all screaming at once. But I walked away with my husband who I can’t imagine living without. I WALKED out on my own two legs. I grieve over every life lost but I didn’t know any of them personally, I didn't beg for them to hold on, I didn't scream for an EMT. I wasn't a mother who literally threw my child towards saftey. Yes, I witnessed a horrible tragedy but my name won’t be on that lawsuit. Save that money for people like Andrea.
I started following her family’s blog a few days ago. If you are inclined, if you will….pray for her, her family, and other survivors like her.
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