Every 15 Minutes

I'm so proud of my younger sister Danielle.

One of her paintings was chosen to be displayed in an art show in down town Huntington. I'm so excited for her and can't wait to go check it out tonight.

She's also participating in her school's "Every 15 Minutes" 2-day assembly about drunk drivers. To sumarize, every 15 minutes someone is killed by a drunk driver and the local high schools got together with a company which educates students about drunk driving. My sister applied and was chosen to be a student involved in the production of it all. Tomorrow my parents will get visited by the police at their home, they will be informed that my sister has been killed by a drunk driver. At school Danielle will be taken out of class by the grim reaper and her orbituary with a picture will be displayed in that classroom all day. She will continue school that day but will be dressed all in black and can't speak to anyone. Tomorrow night she will stay at a hotel with counselors and get to talk about everything they are experiencing. Friday there will be a mock car accident and assembly.
This is a very traumatic experience for my family even though it isn't real, but we are all proud of her for even wanting to be a part of this. I hope the students really take away all this program is trying to offer them.

I'll post pictures when available.