The Accident
October 21, 2011 Leave a comment
Nestled in the rolling hills of the midwest United States is the tiny town of Elmore. Elmore is surrounded by over 450,000 acres of farm land.
Back in 1957, on one of those farms, a young couple was just starting out…working hard milking cows, feeding the pigs, raising chickens and farming the land. They had two children, a boy and a girl, ages 4 and 3, and one on the way.
It was a time when children didn’t need to wear helmets when they were riding their bikes, carseats weren’t invented, and kids ran freely, using their imaginations and playing made-up games. Mothers were busy, tending to the household chores and working alongside their husbands in helping with the farm work. There simply wasn’t time to keep tabs on the children.
It was on this farm, on a beautiful Spring day, when tragedy struck, and the 4-year-old boy stood helplessly as his 3-year-old sister fell, hit her head and appeared to be dead.
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