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From the "You never know what other people are dealing with" files, Jamaican born USMC veteran and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Sears and her USMC officer (ret.) husband lost one of their daughters and their two beautiful granddaughters to a car crash while their daughter was driving while experiencing a manic episode (bipolar diagnosis).
She is running for Governor of Virginia and is closing the gap. Her father came to the states from Jamaica with less than $2 in his pocket.
RICHMOND, Va. – Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle Sears (R - Virginia) made history when she became the first woman elected to that position and the first woman of color elected to statewide office in Virginia.
While her success as a politician was recognized worldwide, her strength as a mother, who experienced unimaginable heartbreak, gave her even greater compassion to lead.
Sears’ 27-year-old daughter, Dejon, and her 5 and 7-year-old grandchildren, Faith and Victoria, were killed in a 2012 car crash in Fairfax, Virginia. Dejon suffered from mental illness, a condition she battled most of her adult life.
“She got into a car one night and she was experiencing an episode,” Sears said. “We didn’t know she had stopped taking her medication. She was driving the car at 100 mph and ended up killing herself and our grandchildren and injuring another person.”
Sears said she and her husband, Terence, were raising their grandchildren while trying to help stabilize their daughter and find her the help that she needed. Before her death, Sears said Dejon was doing well on medication and was raising her own daughters.
The night they died, Sears said her daughter and grandchildren did not show up for bible study.
"You think about I should have done this, and I should have done that, but you know, you just…there are no right answers,” Sears said.
The loss devastated the family, including Sears’ two surviving daughters.
https://www.wtvr.com/rebound/you-are-not-alone/winsome-sears-mental-health-june-09-2022
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=575225465193915&id=100081193991020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsome_Earle-Sears
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Thank you. That info (1M file size linit on picrels) was helpful. 1M total, apparently, if multiple.