On This Day (Moc6-11 On This Day - Journaling Challenge)

Meibritt, Jan 12, 2018

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Translated with Google translator:
It was the day my father died in a traffic accident. My dad was suddenly gone. I was a kid, I was just 11 years old. I did not understand the world any more ...... My father had brought my mother to the train station. Mama wanted to take the train to the funeral of an old deceased aunt. On the way back it happened. On a large intersection, a truck turned left into the oncoming traffic. The truck hit the driver's side. Dad was not to blame, the driver from the truck was probably tired, may even have fallen asleep. Dad was probably dead as the doctors later said. Seat belts did not have the cars as standard then. With strap he might have survived. Sometimes I felt guilty, if I had come to the station, the farewell would have lasted longer and we might have reached the junction maybe seconds later ...... but would have and if and ..... It was certainly the saddest day until then in my life. He is still today. I often think of my father, not as often as many years ago, but often. This day has certainly influenced my later life. We lived in a company apartment, which had to be vacated at some point. Mom wanted to move back to her hometown, so we moved to another city about 6 months after the accident. Sometimes I would like to know how my life would have gone if we had not moved to the other city ..... (255 words)