Cassie's Story My name is Carolyn. I am the mother of Cassie and Christopher. This is Cassie's story. My children had spent the night on January 4, 2001 with their grandmother so she could take them to the library the next day while I was at work. When my husband and I left them off there as we were walking out the door Cassie yelled out, "I love you Mommy. I love you Daddy." I spoke with them on the phone that night before bed and told them I loved them and would see them tomorrow after I got off work. Little did I know what tomorrow would bring. I was at work at around 2 the next afternoon and got a phone call that changed my life forever. I was told that there had been a car accident. By the time I got to the accident the MedEvac helicopter was landing. They wouldn't let me get close to Cassie. They just kept telling me she would be fine. After they left with her I got to talk to my son and my mother-in-law, who had both also been in the car, but weren't hurt as bad. They were sent to a different hospital. I tried to keep myself together but it was so hard. I had to go home and get my husband and together we went to get his dad because he needed to go to the hospital to be with my mother-in-law. It took us 2 hours to get to the hospital they had taken Cassie to. I had been calling all along the way trying to get some information but didn't get any definite news. I was told there was an internal problem and she had been sent into surgery. When we finally walked into the hospital the minister met us. Right away our hearts sank. We were told she was in serious condition but still hanging on. We got to go in to see her but she wasn't awake. My poor baby was bruised all over. At about 9 pm we finally got to talk to the doctor and he told us that Cassie was suffering from a swelling of her brain due to the severe blow to the side of her head. She wasn't able to breathe on her own and the swelling in her brain wasn't subsiding. We stayed with her, hoping against hope that she would pull through. I called Christopher twice and told him that the doctors were doing all they could and that sissy was sleeping. At around 12:30 the doctor told us that Cassie wasn't going to wake up. We had to say good-bye. We had to let her go. At 1:57 am our loving daughter Cassie Ann Hubbard was gone. We stayed with her, holding her and kissing her for a while longer. Then we had to go home and break the news to Christopher. Walking into Christopher's hospital room was so very hard to do. When we told him that sissy was gone we all just cried and held each other. At the time of this writing it has been 5 months since Cassie left us. It hasn't gotten any easier to live with. People try to help me but they really don't know how. I'm not sure what will help. But making this page up is comfort of a kind. What I really want everyone who reads this to know is that we aren't guaranteed to have a tomorrow. Hold your loved ones close and don't put off for tomorrow that extra kiss or that extra I Love You. Treat today as if it were the most important day in your lives. You don't know how many todays you will have together. Midi selection: How Am I Gonna Live