kamber: An Interesting Day!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

An Interesting Day!

Today is a day that is full of all kinds of emotions! The older girls started school today and they are excited! They love getting to see their friends and have what seems to be great teachers this year! Today is also the 4 year anniversary of Kamber's death. Today our families world got rocked hard. 4 years ago I thought that there was never going to be any happiness again, let alone take one more breath. But, I have made it. We as a family have made it and yes, there is joy again. Today we are humbled and so grateful for our Savior. I am so thankful for the knowledge that families are forever. We with be with Kamber again and that will be a wonderful day. Today and always we miss and are forever grateful that she is a part of our family!

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Brooke and Brett Martin said...: During scripture study this morning, Kamber's card from her funeral was found by Brody. I can't seem to get rid of it. We talked about cute Kamber and what happened to her. I noticed the date was just last Wednesday. I have been thinking about you all day long because of it. I couldn't go to bed with out letting you know how much I love you and how grateful I am you opened this part of your life up for others to hear how you continue to deal with this trial. Thank you for your faith that truly is a strength to me in my challenges. What a sweet beautiful family you were blessed with Jen. I hope the angels continue to comfort your home. I can only imagine how tangible the atonement has become to you.
Love you dearly sweet friend...; July 29, 2012 at 9:31 PM

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It was July 25th 2008 and it was a great day. All the kids were getting along with eachother. Ethan and I were going on vacation with a few friends and we were to leave at 5:00p.m. that evening. At about 11:00 a.m. I started packing for the trip. I caught Kamber out back playing with the hose with her cousin a couple of times. The last time Ethan and I went out back to get after the girls for playing in the hose. Ethan sprayed the girls and we chased them all back inside. Ethan went into his office and I went back into our room to pack. It was a short time after this that Kamber some how made it into the pool area. We can't figure out how it happened, we have a gate around our pool shut and locked. Nobody had been in the pool area in days. We lost site of Kamber for a few minutes but this was enough time for her to fall in the spa part of our pool and drowned. I had gone into Ethans office and said something to him and turned around to find my niece crying. I knew. I ran straight to the pool and didn't see her and then caught a glimps of her leg in the spa. It took forever to get the pool fence open , but I ran as fast as I could and pulled her out. Ethan ran in and started CPR, I called 911. The Fire Depatment came fast. They worked on her and then headed to the hospital. We already knew she was gone. I could feel her comforting arms around me. We raced to the hospital where we watched them work on her for about 10 more minutes. She was gone. They let me hold her for about 2 hrs till the medical examiner came to get her. I felt a small amount of peace and I thank my Heavenly Father for that. It was her time to return home. We are grateful for the 2 1/2 years Heavenly Father let us enjoy the beautiful person she is. We will be with her again as a family and I can't wait to raise her again. Her sisters miss her dearly, but they know she not far away and she is safe. We love our valiant angel!