16th July 1981

I was just a little girl aged 5 on this day 30 years ago. I had celebrated my birthday 2 weeks before with my mum, big sister Rebecca who was 8 1/2, my big brother Damion who was 6 and my little brother Darren who was 3. The day had started out like any other school day. It was my first year of school and I was in Kindergarten at Canley Vale Public School. My brother Damion was also in Kindergarten but he was in another class. I remember playing with Damion at lunch and my sister reminding us to wait outside the Kindy rooms for her to pick us up and we would all walk home together. My mum would normally meet us at the crossing around the corner from our home. Come 3:00pm we started walking home, we came to the crossing and my mum wasn't there. I found out later that Darren was asleep so she didnt want to leave him. Damion was a cheeky kid and decided to run across the road without looking. Big mistake. A car came around the corner and collected him. He died that day aged 6 years. I remember the day vividly and have never been able to talk to anyone about it. I was expected to deal with it as everyone thought I was too young to understand. It never really hit me until I was 16 when I was doing all the teenage things. I wonder how Damion is these days? Does he look down upon me or is that all crap? who knows but I do know this I miss him like crazy!!