And she just had this most horrific look on her face. She walked into the walk in closet, and I stood there and I started crying. I'm 15 years old going on 16, and I'm bawling like a baby because I just had a feeling something was horribly wrong. And I told my mom, I said, mama, what happened? She said, well, daddy has had an accident, and I'm going to go meet your daddy's boss to see what happened?
Debbie Roppolo
@Pecansprings · 3:29
But this was a freak accident. Not going to go into any details, because it is pretty traumatic to talk about and for other people to hear, I'm sure. But I remember that that afternoon, all the people in the community came to our house to console us, to talk to my mother. And being a teenager, I felt I was left out because this was all adults. Until my best friend at the time, Debbie, showed up. Yeah, another Debbie
It's very tough to get through, and it definitely grows you up fast. That's about the only thing I could really say about it, is I felt like losing my father. Just. It just a different world, you know? It's just a different world on the other side of that. And I know you know exactly what I mean because you describing the