Jennifer <\/p>\n
When my grandmother died in a two car accident at around age 75, my family was pretty convinced that she had desired her death, and I decided that the uninjured teenage driver of the other car deserved to know that. My family agreed, and (partly since it was my idea, and partly since I was a teenager myself) I was the one who called him on the phone, and told him \u00c3\u2013 gosh, what DID I say? I think I explained who I was and then said that we thought that she might have been trying to kill herself and that we were glad he hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been hurt. I think he mumbled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then there was a kind of uncomfortable silence and I said goodbye and hung up. Every now and then, I muse on the situation, and reconsider whether she really had desired her death, and whether the call was of any use to him then or ever. Did he muse on it every now and then and wonder if that was really why I called? Or had he already (a few days later) essentially forgotten an unpleasant incident? Did my family really think it was true or were some in my family deceiving themselves and\/or others in order to feel better?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jennifer When my grandmother died in a two car accident at around age 75, my family was pretty convinced that she had desired her death, and I decided that the uninjured teenage driver of the other car deserved to know … Continue reading