Ask Amy: A sports injury leads to hurt feelings
I suggest that the “healing prayers” may actually be for her benefit – and I hope they help.
You have the right to share your thoughts, but she is at their bedside. Ask her how you can be most helpful.
If possible, you should travel to be with them in order to support all of them.
Dear Amy: “Hurt” was upset because her husband had listed his mother as his DMV “emergency contact.”
As often as family members travel together, I think using a spouse as an emergency contact is a bad idea.
What’s an EMT to do when trying to reach the emergency contact only to realize they’re the other victim in the car accident?
– Judy, from Somewhere Boring
Dear Judy: Great point. DMV websites do leave room for multiple contacts.
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