We were fortunate to know Christabel ...
Apr. 29th, 2003 11:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snarkymanIf you scroll through my last few posts, you'll see posted on 23 Feburary: "Everybody Congratulate Christabel and George".
Christabel and Georege were in a car accident Saturday night while returning home from Westermark feast, an SCA event in California. Christabel did not survive.
Kristi's husband, George Dunfield (SCA: Ariel Ebbon, Royal Archer of the West Kingdom) was not seriously hurt. Kristi's good friend, Cassie Conley, a scientist at NASA Ames, is in intensive care with cracked vertebrae and liver damage.
I learned of this only last night at about 7:10 PM. When I returned home, Christine met me at the car - it took several minutes for it to sink in. There were two voice mail messages from Johann. Christine made it home at 6:45 and took Johann's phone call.
We're all trying desperately to contact everyone who knew Kristi by phone before the news reached people via the Carolingia email list. It's almost like the list is holding it's breath - waiting for us to finish. Only one post went out from Bianca at 2:24 AM. Other than this ... silence.
Many of us will travel to Jamestown NY for the funeral. Now there's just shock and disbelief.
Christabel and Georege were in a car accident Saturday night while returning home from Westermark feast, an SCA event in California. Christabel did not survive.
Kristi's husband, George Dunfield (SCA: Ariel Ebbon, Royal Archer of the West Kingdom) was not seriously hurt. Kristi's good friend, Cassie Conley, a scientist at NASA Ames, is in intensive care with cracked vertebrae and liver damage.
I learned of this only last night at about 7:10 PM. When I returned home, Christine met me at the car - it took several minutes for it to sink in. There were two voice mail messages from Johann. Christine made it home at 6:45 and took Johann's phone call.
We're all trying desperately to contact everyone who knew Kristi by phone before the news reached people via the Carolingia email list. It's almost like the list is holding it's breath - waiting for us to finish. Only one post went out from Bianca at 2:24 AM. Other than this ... silence.
Many of us will travel to Jamestown NY for the funeral. Now there's just shock and disbelief.
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Date: 2003-04-29 11:25 am (UTC)Thank you. I'm almost in tears - having difficulty concentrating on work. I'm trying to keep busy - to keep my mind off it, but it's not working. I wish I knew what to do. Everyone I know feels ... helpless.
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Date: 2003-04-29 11:34 am (UTC)The helplessness is awful, but there's really nothing anyone can do, at least not for Christabel. All you can do is be there for George and for each other. You'll get each other through this. That's what friends and family do.
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Date: 2003-04-29 01:27 pm (UTC)I don't know if you remember: While you were living in Thomaston, Kristi and I stayed at your house the night before Spring Crown Tournament in 1998.