Tuesday, February 06, 2007

in memory of Ava



This lovely friend on the Goldcoast in Australia lost her beautiful daughter in a tragic accident on the weekend. Her little girl became locked in the family's car out in the hot summer sun, while they frantically were looking everywhere for her, but it was too late. Temperatures inside a closed up car in the sun can be measured at upwards of 55C(131F). *heavy sigh* I heard through another friend that she wanted people to ensure that their little ones know how to honk the horn in the car if they were ever to get stuck in there. I know mine don't know! Ian's too young, but I'm going to show Brianna tonight!!! Please if you have a little one, or family with little ones, in memory of this beautiful little girl, please make sure they know how to honk the horn in the car, if they were ever to get stuck.

My heart hurts for them.

13 Comments:

Blogger Gaspegirl said...

How sad! What a beautiful little girl... this just reminds us that we borrow our children from God and we should appreciate and treasure every moment we have with them!

(((hugs))) to you and your friends! I will keep them in my prayers.

12:50 PM, February 06, 2007  
Blogger Katrina said...

Oh my gosh....my heart goes out to your friend and her family...how tragic. My kids don't know, but I'm gonna show them tonight!

12:54 PM, February 06, 2007  
Blogger Sue said...

I can't even begin to imagine what the family must be going through! I am tearing up just at the thought of this lovely little angel and the tragedy of it all. My heart goes out to her family.

4:15 PM, February 06, 2007  
Blogger Unknown said...

That is one beautiful girl! What a sad story...

5:05 PM, February 06, 2007  
Blogger Elia said...

This just breaks my heart. I can't even begin to imagine how painful this must be for this family to have lost this precious little girl. My thoughts and prayers go out to this family.

I think your advice about teaching children to honk the horn is great. Such a small thing that can make a huge difference between life and death.

Big hugs.

12:56 AM, February 07, 2007  
Blogger Kim Sanderson said...

so sad, my heart breaks for that family and i will teach this to my little ones today, such a simple yet life saving idea

9:29 AM, February 07, 2007  
Blogger lacintha said...

Oh PATTI..THIS IS SO SAD!!!
She's about the same age as my Ara, and I just realised that Ara doesn't know about honking the hron either..thanks for the reminder!

12:54 PM, February 07, 2007  
Blogger Joanne said...

I'm so sorry for your friend. My thoughts and prayers go out for them.

4:25 PM, February 07, 2007  
Blogger Mary Pauls said...

Oh, this is just so sad!! My heart breaks for her family. Thank you for the tip, I'm going to show my kids right now how to honk the horn in the car!!

10:16 PM, February 07, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh My God. I heard that story on the news Patti. It is the second time in 2 weeks that something like this has happened. The week before was 2 little boys playing hide and seek, locked themselves in the boot of a car in NSW. So tragic, so devasting for all involved.

Are the parents anyone we might know from Armidale days?

12:53 AM, February 08, 2007  
Blogger Sue Sykes said...

Oh, how tragic! My thoughts and prayers go out to that beautiful child's family...

3:59 PM, February 11, 2007  
Blogger Crystal said...

Oh, how tragic!! My heart aches for this family - what a sad, sad time. I'm going to make sure my granddaughters know about this.
((( HUGS )))

10:55 PM, February 13, 2007  
Blogger Heather said...

WOW totally never thought about that. What a great idea. Will have to go show Micah.

11:04 PM, February 14, 2007  

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