Tragedy in the Family

On Friday July 25th we got a call from my brother Ethan who said that he needed help with the girls because they had just found Kamber, who is two, at the bottom of the pool. We raced over there to find Tayler (7) Kylie (5) and Sheridan, a cousin (2) sitting on the couch with the fireman standing there waiting. He told me that she had been under water for as few as five minutes and as much as ten. Ethan and Jen worked on her until the paramedics got there and then they took over. They continued the efforts to save their little Kamber but there was no response. So they took her by ambulance to the nearest hospital and worked on her some more. They tried several different techniques to try to revive her tiny body , but she was gone. They had done everything they could possibly do, but she was gone.

It is so hard to wrap our minds around how she got in the pool fence. There are two gates, both of which were shut. There is just no way to explain it, only that there is a great sadness that envelopes so many people due to this tragedy. As a member of the church we feel that when our Heavenly Father needs you back home, that when it is your turn to go, then you are called back home. We know that we will see her again and that Ethan and Jen will have their family back together again, but it does not help those of us who are left behind to try to answer all of the questions, pick up all the pieces and still go on, plugging away through life.

She had the spunkiest personality and was the life of every party. Her love for life put a smile on everyone's face. Our hearts are broken and I know that it is going to be a long time before the hole in my heart will be able to heal. We will forever miss our sweet little Kamber-Bamber.