In Memory of Dani…
First, I don’t want this thread to be a buzz kill. In fact the opposite. I want be people to be able to smile and have joy in their heart about my beautiful daughter Danielle.
Today, Dani would have been 26. I can only imagine what she would be like. Married? Career? Kids? I know what I have thought but that doesn’t matter anymore.
Dani was 12 years old when the accident happened. Mom driving her to her gymnastics class, across a very busy intersection that then did not have a light. Everything is burned into my brain the events that happened that night. Beyond that, I literally have no recollection of anything in the following year or so.
Dani was a petite girl with ambitions to dance and act and had a laugh that was infectious. I tried to help coach her softball team, but to her own desires, really wasn’t interested. She played one year for me but she wanted more girly things and that was so fine with me.
A phenomenal student and loved by many with several very close friends that I had the pleasure to have part of our family.
Dani and her brother were very tight. Sure they had their typical brother/sister differences and arguments, but they got along so well. Maybe it was only the two year difference. Maybe they were so like each other. They were never a problem and I was proud of them.
In the beginning I had hatred towards God, but over time, while I still don’t know the ‘Why’, I’ve accepted the thinking that God cried too when she died.
Instead I look at it as God gave me this gift of this precious little girl and I was honored to be part of her life for 12 amazing years.
I would like to create another web site dedicated to my daughter… and son. Just post some pics and tell the world about my special little girl.
I completely and wholeheartedly believe Dani and Alex are the reasons I was put on earth.
So smile and know there is so much love for a beautiful girl that graced our presence, even if for a little while.