This morning I am in Corbin, KY the air outside the hotel is thick with fragrance the flora is a couple of weeks ahead of Indiana and the higher temperatures mean dogwoods, viburnums and hydrangeas are all ready full of flower and scent. Seven hours from home makes a lot of difference. Bruce and I left Angola Thursday night on a very sad mission, going to a funeral in Franklin, NC.
With heavy hearts we drove through the darkness, tears rolling down my cheeks for the unthinkable had happened, every parents worst nightmare, a child had died. Kathleen "Kat" Stewart, age 19 was killed last Monday night in a car accident in Franklin. She died at the scene from head trauma and internal injuries. She pulled out into traffic on a four lane highway they think she may have been receiving a text message on her phone and looked down to see the message.
Kat was the daughter of Mike and Joyce Stewart our brother and sister in laws by marriage. She arrived later in Mike's life and joined her older sister Jackie to complete the Stewart family. It was heartbreaking to feel the loss that radiated from Mike, Joyce and Jackie who loved her so completely. She had an infectious, dimpled smile that loved the camera and just a bit of devil child in her when she was young.
We were fortunate to have spent time with Kat and her family mostly around the holidays in Indiana and Florida with an occasional trip to North Carolina. We watched her grow and blossom into beautiful young woman with so much potential, she will be greatly missed.
I took the photo above this past Thanksgiving, Kat (in red) is with her cousin, baby Bella and grandmother for whom she was named.
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