05/18/2026
TWENTY YEARS. If someone would have told me 20 years ago that as I tucked my boys into bed that night, it would be the last time I tucked Adam in. The last time I would hear him say I love you momma, I would have told them they were absolutely crazy!
Little did I know May 19th, 2006 was forever going to change my life! I still 20 years later feel that horrible gut punching feeling of the officer telling me Kris had a wreck and him and one of my boys didn’t survive.
That is a pain I do not wish upon anyone. It is a pain that literally paralyzes you! I can remember feeling a panic not knowing which one of my babies was alive. I remember begging God to let this be a horrible nightmare I was going to wake up from! I remember wishing it was me who was in the accident and not Kris, so I wouldn’t have to be enduring the pain I was feeling.
When I got to the ER and found out it was Conner who was alive all I could do was beg God to allow Conner to survive.
Truth is, it is only by the Grace of God that Conner did survive. It wasn’t a survivable wreck, Conner’s injuries were very severe, and he was so critical. It was very touch and go if he would even survive through the night. I will never truly know how many people were praying the same thing me and my family were for him to survive.
The anniversary of the accident is always a really tough day, because it is so hard to not relive all those horrible emotions I endured that day. To know it is the day I would never hear my husband’s voice tell me he loves me and wrap his big strong arms around me. To know I would never hold my sweet Adam and get to watch him grow up. And to know it left Conner being a quadriplegic and all the health issues we would endure. It is a day that will always have sadness in it for me.
But it will also is a day that I can look at my precious Conner and see the hand of God in our lives. A day that I truly do celebrate the miracle he truly is. A day that I always Thank God for allowing Conner to stay here on Earth with me. Everyday I have with Conner is a true blessing! It definitely hasn’t always been an easy road we have been on, but God has blessed me so much along the way!
I truly can’t believe it has already been 20 years. Oh the reunion I will have in Heaven one day! A piece of my heart will always be missing until the day the Lord calls me home. Hug your loved ones tight and make sure they know you love them. You never know what tomorrow holds! And MOST importantly make sure you know where you will spend eternity at!
