Little Girl Birthday Bike

My sister Darlene little friend wanted a bike for her birthday more than anything. On that special day, she got her wish, they took turns riding it all day. We lived so far out in the country, along a lonely stretch of highway. It was her friends turn to ride the bike, she didn't see the car that sad day so long ago, it came up on her so fast. She died right away, only 11 years old, so young to leave this world. It was my first person to know that died, my sister Darlene was, so sad, she loved her friend so much, I can remember this, awful thing that happened in 1948, when I was only 5 years old, like it was yesterday. A day that had started out so happy, such a tragedy to take a life so young. wrote 10-16-08