June 7th , 2012- Alexis Rose ( a little later)

Sammy’s facial expression of concern as he walked in will forever be etched on my mind.  He looked imploringly at me and asked “How is she”. I began to cry and said she is gone. He screamed  “NO” and began to fall apart. Shelby was right behind him and said “No , NO, NO” and we all cried together. This is where it gets all confusing.  I think I called Mel to tell her Alexis had died and I think I called Jill also. I just remember Jill was there , Sammy, Shelby, then my Hailey arrived. Jeff , my boss, had also come and he was a great support to me.  It was just a horrible moment of grief, gut wrenching cries as we clung to each other. Warner was on his way and I think he knew, Not sure on that. Everything was a blur. My pastor Keith was there, Jake the youth pastor, Lynn the equipping pastor and my dear friend Patti Ramsey and Angela who is like a daughter to me.. As I said this was all a blur. All I knew is I wanted to see my baby, I felt as if I had to see her. The nurse was trying to prepare me because there was a lot of blood but I didn’t care  We began to walk down the hall to the room Alexis was in and I began to slow down. Fear started to rise within me and I didn’t know if I could take it. The nurse  and Jill hugged me and said I didn’t need to see her if I felt I couldn’t . So I decided to wait and returned to the little room where we were all gathered.

The next thing that happened or at least I believe happened was Two DPS Officers who arrived on the scene wanted to talk to me so we went to another room. At this time it was Me, Jill, and my Pastor Keith. They said Alexis was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control on the curve, as she  overcorrected she veered into the oncoming traffic and a red 350 Dodge truck impacted her on the passenger side. She went into the grass by the cabinet shop and I think died instantly. If I am correct they said she was revived briefly but the damage was too severe. I asked the troopers about the man who was driving the truck wondering if he was injured and they said his knees were hurt a little but that was it. Thankful he was okay I asked them to tell him not to feel guilty, it was just a tragic accident. I never want anyone to feel guilty . We then returned to the room and I decided to go see my Rosebud, this time I would make it there. I just had to see her