Enjoy the Ride.... It's Life as We Know it!!: 2020

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Mom and Dad Biggs Go To HEAVEN-August 14, 2020

How is it possible to write such an incredibly hard post?? I don't even want to, but

I know how mom felt about family history, and about journol keeping, and

writing everything down, even when it feels impossible.

It was in the afternoon on August 14, 2020. Maybe around 2:00, we got a text from

Mary, I think letting us know that mom and dad were in a possible accident. Joel

and Mary track mom and dad's phone, and their location was still on the reservation, between

Globe and Safford mile marker 264, closer to Globe.

They thought that maybe they were behind a bunch of cars waiting for an accident

to be cleared. Or maybe pulled over to stretch. They both tried calling with no response.

Mary and Tyson started to drive toward the spot where they're signal had stopped. Joel

contacted OnStar, mom and dad's car company and they confirmed that both airbags had

deployed. The siblings were told this much by text. Mary got to the accident scene and the

police would not let them through, so they had to go around, 20 min. When Tyson and Mary

arrived on the scene, dad was laying out on the ground by the passenger side door,

where he was pronounced dead, and mom

had been taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. What a strange word.

Dead.

I have only thought of Dead as older people who go to heaven when they have completed

a nice life here on the earth. I didn't think of it for my parents, it just doesn't happend to

people like us, right? Mary called Joel and Jeremy and told them everything. Joel and

Jeremy called all of the siblings on FaceTime. Somehow, we were all available to take a call.

For me, it was significant that Scott was in the house at the time. It was probably around 4:00 PM

when we all talked. Joel told us that there had been a horrible accident, and that dad died instantly.

Mom, we were unsure how long she had to suffer before she finally left, perhaps a couple of hours This part breaks my heart so much. We teased a little bit that dad was so ready to leave this frail exsistence, and he was on his way to paradise when he looked back and mom wasn't going with him. He came back to her and said, "lets go Susan" she said, "wait, what about our kids and grandkids? I need to stay with them" Dad was adamant and told her to "come on Susan, it's time" She left and went with him. I have been so heart sick about her time of trauma and suffering. I have talked to EMTs that work on the reservation

and to Doctor's trying to get someone to tell me that she was too much in shock to know

the extent of her injuries. Dallin and Sara were with us, since they had just moved from Wheeling, WV to work with Scott for a year. It was so nice to have some of our kids here. We had them come into

our room and we FaceTimed our kids to tell them what happened. When we ended our call with my siblings Nathan said a prayer. It was so sweet and tender and the spirit was very strong. We said a prayer with our kids as well. It was a very sweet tender time.

Just 2 and a 1/2 weeks before Dad sent out this text to all of us kids. We call it "The Last Text" Amazing how he was preparing us without even realizing it, I am so greatful that we have this, and what it means to me individually and to my family and posterity. I have relied on my parents testimonies throughout my life, so it is wonderful to have this in writing, and the timing was spirit led, I know.