Two of the children in this photo died this morning in a house fire. Their mother Jolene saved their two little sisters but couldn't save them. A mother watched helplessly as her children died.
The little red-haired girl with the purple coat and blond boy in the gray sweatshirt are Sierra and Devynne. They lived across the street from us in Norfolk, along with their mom Jolene, their dad, and their little sisters. They were at our house what seemed like every day. Jolene was a very close friend, although time and miles have kept us apart but in contact.
Sierra was 10. Her brother only eight.
No words can express my pain right now. Thank you, Sierra and Devynne, for your presence in our lives if only for awhile. Your mommy thought the world of you, and I know she will think about you every day.
1 comment:
I am so sorry. Checking the smoke alarm batteries NOW. And, as the Quakers would say, I will be holding your friend and her family in the light.
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