{"id":1426,"date":"2020-05-07T20:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/connecticut\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2022-05-27T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:36:18","slug":"remembering-marcy-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/connecticut\/remembering-marcy-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Marcy Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1426\" class=\"elementor elementor-1426\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ca73147 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ca73147\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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with the pizza and came upon the crash.&nbsp; That was the last image of her grandmother. &nbsp;&nbsp;My brother relapsed that evening, and shortly after the crash my daughter lost her pregnancy. &nbsp;My mom was rushed to the hospital with multiple serious injuries, non-responsive and died the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My mom was a kind and generous woman; a retired school teacher.&nbsp; She was a financial donor to many organizations, especially those involving animals.&nbsp; She also was an avid knitter and was always knitting for others \u2013 socks for sailors at sea, hats for newborns and sweaters for penguins being rehabilitated.&nbsp; She also baked bread and goodies for shut-ins and those in homeless shelters, as well as for those in recovery from alcohol.&nbsp; She loved her family, was a marvelous cook and spent countless hours enjoying her many grandchildren.&nbsp; She was a true beachcomber and filled all our homes with shells and colorful sea glass she found while walking the beach.&nbsp; She and my Dad, always enjoyed going out to eat and quiet time alone, and would often dress alike.&nbsp; My mom had over 200 people at her funeral, a true legacy of her relationships.&nbsp; I can\u2019t stop crying while writing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a result of this senseless death, we have had to celebrate holidays, birthdays and special occasions without her, and are forced to remember her painful death.&nbsp; We now have many more additions to the family, all that will never get to meet her and know her loving touch.&nbsp; We never got to say good-by, here today and gone tomorrow because of one person\u2019s decision to drive drunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The experience we are still going through as a family is horrific, shocking and forever painful.&nbsp; A part of me is missing forever.&nbsp; No matter who we are on our path in life, tragedy can strike us or our loved ones.&nbsp; We cannot 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