Aunt Angel Pin
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My sister-in-law, Shannon, was a police
dispatcher. She was very close to her nephew, Liam. She would take him over
night and take him on special shopping trips so that he had all the essentials
at her house. On January 8th, 2009 we celebrated Liam's 6th birthday. We
went to Build-A-Bear workshop where Shannon bought a dog for Liam which he named
Hershey. My husband, mother-in-law, and I were planning on taking the kids
to a water park out of state the next morning. Shannon offered to take Liam (as
she did a lot) over night since it was his special day. I called her after we
got home to make sure she didn't need anything but she already had a tooth brush
for him at her house.
The next day I went to Shannon's house to pick up Liam. I called
ahead....twice...but didn't think of anything of Shannon not answering her
phone. I arrived at the house and was very confused when I wasn't greeted by
anyone. I found my son in Shannon's bed. He was very hard to wake up and very
sick. A little upset that she didn't call me I carried him to the door and
put his shoes on. Still no sign of my sister-in-law, I went looking for her. I
found her in the garage. She had started her car last night and when going back
to turn it off was overcome by the fumes. The next couple of hours was a
whirlwind but I do remember the moment when a sweet, quiet nurse entered my
son's hospital room to tell me he was going to be transferred to Children's, she
also said that he was so lucky to be alive. I, who was still barely putting two
words together let alone a sentence, said...."He's not lucky, Shannon saved
him." I have never been so sure of anything in my entire life.
This year has been horrible to say the least. However, I feel like Shannon is
our guardian angel and will help us get through this. My son has no lasting
side effects from the CO poisoning. The most beautiful rainbow appeared right
across my in-laws house on mothers' day this year. I've seen a butterfly
whenever I have asked Shannon for a sign that everything was going to be alright
(and even when I didn't ask but needed one). She was the most loving, classy
person I know. and still miss her everyday.
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