The girl on the left in this picture is my daughter Shauna whom, if you have read many of my previous post, is getting married in a few weeks. The girl on the right is her friend Samantha. I do not know Samantha personally but Shauna and one of my other daughters, Holly do. And Shauna also works with her. Samantha was severely injured in a car accident on April 18th. She and a passenger were both ejected from the car and she was found underneath the car. Her passenger has since been released from the hospital. However, Samantha remains in critical condition in a coma. She was somewhat responsive last week but took a turn for the worse over the weekend and her eyes be non-responsive. Shauna just texted me to tell me that today her eyes were responding. Which is very small, but very welcome news to her family I'm sure. Shauna told me that this girls skull was fractured in three places but that she has no spinal cord injury. Again something small to be grateful but welcome nontheless.Samantha is 18 years old and just graduated from high school early. She was trying to decide what she wanted to do with her life and thought she had all the time in the world to do so. She was not wearing her seatbelt and was speeding, but she is a kid. Kids don't always make the best decisions. They shouldn't have to pay with their lives and should have a lot of support to help them recover from those mistakes. Samantha badly needs your prayers and well wishes. She was added to several prayer list just over this past weekend when her family thought they may have to say goodbye and today her eyes are responding. Please, please pray for this little girl and her family as she tries recover.


Thank you mom! I finally read your blogs. They are as cute as you say. You do like to talk about them often. There is a couple of funds set up for Samantha Brake. One is at our work, Sunset Tanz. There are 9 locations.. you can find more about the locations at www.sunsettanz.com. There is also a fund set up in her name at Bank Independent. All donations and monies raised are going to her family to help with medical expenses. Everyone PLEASE say a prayer for Samantha. She needs us now more than ever..
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