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Mother's
Day is normally a day of joy and celebration, but for Christy
Stewart, Mother's Day 2009 forever changed that. On this particluar
Sunday morning, Stewart's father Edward, and her seven year-old son
Bryce set out to go fishing at a reservoir behind a popular apartment
community. It was a special activity the two had shared many times
before, but on this fateful day, it turned into tragedy.
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Christy's son Bryce had just
celebrated his 7th birthday in Dallas, Texas, and asked his
momma to go fishing with his Paw-Paw and him. So Christy, Bryce, and
the rest of the family traveled to Shreveport, Louisiana that
Mother’s Day weekend so that Bryce could go fishing with his
Paw-Paw.
After waiting out a bit of
morning rain, Edward and Bryce headed out to go fishing as they had
done so many times before. Several hours had passed, when Christy and
the family realized that Edward and Bryce had been gone for a much
longer time than was usual for them, and they began to get worried.
They started out to the resevoir where they knew Edward and Bryce had
gone. What they found when they got there is something that they will
never be able to forget. Edward's hat was floating on top of the water,
with their fishing gear close by, but there was no sign of Edward or
Bryce anywhere. It was at that moment that Christy's heart sank inside
her chest, and she was filled with disbelief and despair. Christy's
worst fears were realized when Edward and Bryce's lifeless bodies were
found.
Following much needed grief
counseling, and time to heal, Christy began to reflect on what she
could do to make certain that no one else would have to endure the pain
that she did.
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