I love parades – the marching bands and the dancers especially. J and I went for the first time last year and we went again this year.
Sadly, about an hour into the parade there was a horrible accident – a truck pulling a float couldn’t stop and the driver ran over one of the dancers. The parade was canceled at that point. We didn’t know at the time but she was pronounced at the hospital. She was 11. Such a tragic and traumatic event during what is normally a very joyful time.
I can’t even begin to process the overwhelming grief and shock the families are going through. Or the children and other parents who saw it happen. I’m so grateful that we weren’t witnesses to that.