![]() ![]() They have been there during my grief journey, encouraged me throughout my career, and are always there as a shoulder to cry on. They have been my cheerleaders through every single step. Second key: Find Your Cheerleader. I could go on and on about how great my friends are and have been, especially the last 8 years. People continue to show up for me and my family all these years later and I am forever grateful for every single one of them. It put1 less thing on my plate at the time, and I was so grateful then and still am to this day. (Sorry if that teacher is reading this…) I don’t know if I ever properly thanked her for this and she probably didn’t even think it was a big deal, but she SHOWED UP for me in a big way. If you know me, you know I was not always the best student… and school was definitely the last thing on my mind after the accident, but I had a friend named Courtney in my biology class (we went to grade school and high school together-she is a year older than me), and without asking or knowing that I hadn’t even started this semester long project, she sent me a completed project that one of her friends did the semester before and told me to change a few things and to use it. One thing – that might seem small but meant the world to me – was when a friend helped me with a school project. I felt so much love and support during that time. Louis that day my high school friends made me lasagna (my favorite food) and a cake and brought it to my house the weekend of the accident, and stayed with me while I cried and told stories about Lauren (not knowing if she would make it at that point) countless texts, phone calls, and messages on social media showing support t shirt and bracelet sales the golf tournament other events the list goes on and on. The first key: Show Up. I will never forget all the people that showed up for me. ![]() When thinking about what to write for this, I thought I would write about the “5 Keys to Unlocking Hope When Life Seems Hopeless” that my mom writes about in her book and how those keys have helped me the last 8 years. Ask any of my friends, I cannot repeat a conversation to save a life… but for some reason I can recount that phone call verbatim. I could tell you word for word what Erin said on that phone call. I did not know that my world was about to change forever. I remember sitting in my dorm room with my roommate, Megan, and I said, “Oh! My sister is calling.” I was excited to see her name pop up on my phone and thought we would have a fun “chit chat,” as we like to call it. I found out about Lauren’s accident from my sister, Erin. ![]() I am not the best writer, nor the best at sharing my feelings, so bear with me… I remember April 19, 2013, like it was yesterday. My favorite parts of the book were remembering all of the weird quirks Lauren used to have, and how my family is pretty good at finding the humor in things. Quick background: I work for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and I am a Child Life Specialist.įavorite parts of the book: I am not a big reader, so my favorite part was the pictures… haha KIDDING. Murphy Kid Order/Number: I am the 4th and the middle child - the neglected middle child…. 7-Day Countdown to Our Mom’s “Murphys Don’t Quit” Book Release on October 5th!Ī post from each of the SEVEN Murphy Kids, AKA SLESKRM - Sam, Lauren, Erin, Shannon, Kelsey, Ryan & Maggie – and our Dad (Lauren and our Dad will post together)Ĭountdown – 4 Days until the “Murphys Don’t Quit” Book Release! ![]()
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