Flashing Red and Blue

I am going to start with a story; A story about a young girl and how her life changed forever.

Once upon a time, on a cloudy and rainy day; a seven year old girl woke up and went downstairs. It was just her mother and her downstairs, for the others were still asleep. Her dad was away on a business trip. It started out as any other day, but what she didn't know was it was about to take a turn for the worst. 

The door bell rang.

The little girl ran to the door to see who it was. Flashing red and blue lights were shinning through the windows. She wondered why. As she opened the door, there were two police officers standing there. They looked down and said sadly, "Is your mom here?" The little girl yelled to her mom to come to the door. And the moment her mom laid eyes on the men, she burst into tears.

The police came in and sat down on the couch with the little girl and her mother sitting across from them. By then the other two little girls were awake and sitting on their mom's lap. But the seven year old still didn't know what was going on.

Then the police started out, "We are sorry to inform you..."

These next words would change this family forever. For they had just learned that their husband and father had died in a car accident. For the younger ones they didn't understand, but the seven year old knew exactly what that meant. Her and her mother sat there crying at the news.

After some time the police stood, gave their apologizes again and left the family's home.

This would be the first of many deaths in this young girls life.

I could say that I didn't cry while writing this, but that would be a lie. It's hard to lose a parent so young. 

Now you might be wondering what happened to this family. They made it through this hard time, but not without receiving scars in the process. And the seven year old girl? Well wouldn't you like to know;)