04/04/2026
A message from Angel:
There is a lot I could say about this outcome, about this entire experience, but that wouldn’t change anything. It won’t undo what’s been done, it won’t take away what’s already happened. But what I can say is that it has been an extremely long two years, which doesn’t even seem like a lot of time but when I think about it, that’s two years already of experiences, memories, and moments unshared with my parents..and I still have a lot of years left.
So instead, I pick up the pieces once more, and allow myself to heal. Into whatever version of myself I even have left, that I am more as a person than what has happened to me pray that it is a version my parents would be proud to see. And share those moments with the people I love, with the people who never got the chance to meet them but should have. It goes without saying that the best support and opinion I can give is to simply be safer, to think harder before you make a decision that can change another persons life forever. Leave sooner, call in to let them know you’ll be late, follow the law of speed, and please, look twice. Don’t estimate. Don’t guess and assume you have more time. Because 7 seconds can save someone’s life, 7 seconds can make the difference between life and utter loss. There are people’s loved ones out there, someone’s partner, someone’s child, someone’s sibling, someone’s parent..waiting for them to walk through the door for dinner. And it is the very least we can do to make sure they get there.
This outcome may not have changed anything for me, and it may never change or make a difference for the person who did it, but at the very least it can make a difference for someone else and their family. A reminder that time is precious, and it is very limited. I hope for nothing more than to let my experience and the outcome of this process to influence other people to be safer, to think twice, and to just be kinder. Because being kind, considerate, and grateful for life is in my opinion one of the many ways to honor my parents and honor their memory.
I love you. And I am sorry the universe had to take you the way it did. ❤️🩹
https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/driver-deadly-crash-summer-only-jail-time/73-78081cad-c32e-4fb6-8fdd-11eed0e221a3