Meanwhile...

Once Air Med left our street, our neighbor, a urologist, headed to our house to comfort the kids and explain what doctors would do for Elle when she arrived at the hospital. The kids later told me how important that conversation was to them.

More friends and neighbors came over. Eight or ten pizza's were delivered. McKenzie's friends swarmed the house. Some teenage boys—Trent, Chandler, and Skylar—who had spotted Cy standing by himself at the scene of the accident took him, Getty, and Getty's friend Ammon bowling. Mia's friends Aimee and Tates took her to a movie and walked out of it 15 minutes later because Mia was too emotional and then ate at Texas Roadhouse and slept over at Aimee's. Cam played and slept over at Isaac's, Cy slept in MK's bed, and Ammon slept over with Getty on the couches of the family room. MK and the Fab slept all together in the front room.

Skylar and Trent after General Priesthood Mtg.

At one point during that evening, McKenzie recognized how horrible our neighbor and his family must be feeling and headed nervously for his house with a few friends, thinking he might not want to see her. His brother-in-law opened the door and welcomed her in, and our neighbor came into the entryway. She saw the devastation in his eyes and hugged him and reassured him. He told me later that her hug, more than anything else, had given him the greatest comfort that night.

We're so proud of you, McKenzie :)