Last week we all suffered a great loss. My friend, Patti Lambie was hit by a car and killed. Patti was a mother of three. She was participating/supporting her daughter in the Spokane to Sandpoint relay. Her daughter, a senior in high school, is on the cross country team. Her team was doing the relay race and the moms were following/supporting them in a suburban. A parent would ride a bike behind the girl to encourage the girl and be their for safety reasons. On Patti's leg of the race she was biking behind a girl at 6a.m. on a Saturday morning. A 31 year old drunk driver, mother of eight crossed 2 lanes of traffic and struck Patti while she was on her bike. Patti did nothing wrong, she had all of her protective/safety gear on and she had no idea the SUV was coming up from behind her. She was killed almost immediately and the girl in front of her thankfully, only suffered from 5 broken bones in her foot. Patti was definitely her guardian angel.
I have been numb with this news for a week now. It became more of a reality when I attended her funeral two days ago and saw all of the lives that Patti has impacted. Just looking at her husband and three children would bring anyone to tears. Patti was in my book club, therefore I knew her from our once a month meetings, but when I think about her, I think about her children. She was one of those moms who was SO proud of her kids and you always knew what activity/sport they were doing at the time. She was a girl scout troop leader and she attended all of their dance recitals, soccer games, track meets, and cross country meets. She was always going 110 miles an hour to fit everything into her schedule. I think she may have even fallen asleep at some of our book club meetings. :)
Until now, I have never been directly impacted by drunk driving. I have heard tons of horror stories, but I have never personally known anyone involved. I think it is the most senseless thing that a person could do. I have always thought that, but now I can't even fathom the hundreds of thousands of lives that this woman has impacted, including her own eight children.
Patti will be deeply missed and always remembered.
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Ohh man Wags, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend! Its so sad when someone foolish takes the lives of others because they made poor decisions! I'm so sorry.
heart breaking. I can't imagine what those kids are going through. life is so precious.
I'm so sorry Christy. She sounds like quite the woman/mother. What a good example she was.
So sorry to read about this.
Patti was clearly an amazing Mom. It's so sad to hear about her story. I recently did a ride along with Matt and we took a guy to jail for DUI. It was then and there that I vowed to never have even one drink and drive ever again. I hope we can ALL stick to that pledge and keep our friends, family and complete strangers safe. I am so sorry to hear of your loss.
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