While at the lake, I got a terrible text from one of my best friends, Molly, She lives across the street from another best friend, Rachelle. She said there were 4 firetrucks, 3 ambulances, and 2 cop cars in front of Rachelle's house and she was rushing over to find out what was going on.
An hour later I got the devastating news that their beautiful daughter Sophia, a dear friend of our whole family, but who was especially close to Claire, had committed suicide.
Ben was golfing with Mac. I immediately started calling him, but he didn't answer. Finally he answered and I told him. We came up with an impossible plan of figuring out how to tell the girls.
When we got back to the cabin, together we told the kids.
Telling them was one of the worst moments of my life.
We decided we needed to cut our trip short and would drive home Saturday instead of Sunday. I needed to be there for my friend, the girls needed to be with the YW, and I needed to be there as RS President.
While at the beach, I was very distracted as I was on my phone determining what I needed to do as RS President.
I talked to our RS teacher. She said there was no way she could teach a lesson after this tragedy, and she had a beautiful idea to do a testimony/hymn singing instead- sisters would share their favorite hymn and testimony and we would sing the hymn.
There really are no words for this tragedy. We will remember Sophia forever. Our hearts are absolutely shattered.
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