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"LOVE LIKE BRYSON, BOSTYN, AND BELLA"

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This was just three weeks before the accident.  Bella was showing her art off at "Art on Main" in Warrenton, GA.
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Bella won "People's Choice Award" that day.
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This was taken on September 20, 2019, barely a week before the accident.  Bostyn had to have an emergency appendectomy.
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This picture was taken at 7:24 AM the morning of the accident, Bryson's 16th birthday, September 26, 2019.
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Here's where the vehicle came to rest after being struck by an 18-wheeler.
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Justin, Tasha's husband of eight years and step-father to the kids, took this picture from the ICU bay at Doctor's Hospital the afternoon of September 26, 2019.  Tasha lay critically-injured from the accident.
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This photo of Bryson was taken at 2:07 PM at Augusta University Medical Center on the day of the accident.
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This photo taken just two days after the accident shows miraculous progress in Tasha's healing and recovery.  At this point, she no longer needed assistance breathing despite having a collapsed lung.  Justin sits at her side.
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The kids' father, Danny Dinger, and his mother, Sheila Bailey, in the ICU waiting room on September 28, 2019.
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Clint Smith, Tasha's cousin, gives everyone in the ICU waiting room an update on September 28, 2019.
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Family and friends join together in prayer in the ICU waiting room.
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Five days after the accident, a speech/cognitive therapist talks with Tasha about the possibility of having her feeding tube removed and eating solid food.
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On October 3, 2019, and in immense pain, Tasha sits up for the first time since the extensive trauma to her body from the accident.
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Doctor's Hospital and McDuffie County made it possible for Tasha and Justin to attend the funeral at Thomson Middle School on October 5, 2019.
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Danny Dinger, the kids' father, shares a heart-felt message for parents to spend time with their children.
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As "Raise a Hallelujah" by Bethel Music plays, Tasha raises her hand in worship.
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The attendees join in the worship.
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Tasha, her grandmother, Joan Smith, and her uncle, Ricky Smith, along with the paramedics at the graveside.
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Danny Dinger along with Brayden Dinger, the kids' older brother, and Lauri Aycock, the kids' aunt, sign the casket covers for each of the children.
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Tasha brushes her teeth for the first time in 11 days.  She was so grateful.
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Tasha out of the bed for the first time preparing to take a shower for the first time on October 7, 2019.
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Justin finally gets a bed on October 7, 2019.
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On October 8, 2019, Tasha attempts to hold her bible for time in God's Word.  She read the day's entry to Justin.
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After several major surgeries to fix her crushed sacrum and broken pelvis, on October 8, 2019, Tasha takes her first step since the accident happened.
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The x-ray shows the large screw and pin installed surgically to re-stabilize Tasha's badly broken pelvic region.
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Tasha gets her first bit of fresh air on October 9, 2019.
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Tasha has a few of many stitches removed from her head injury on October 9, 2019.
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On October 10, 2019, as part of occupational therapy, Tasha sits in a chair while therapists work on getting a large knot out of her hair.
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This photo taken on October 11, 2019, shows the incision from surgery on Tasha's clavicle, which was badly broken in the accident.
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A plate with multiple screws was used to stabilize the broken clavicle so it could heal properly.
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This photo shows the resulting scar from a surgery performed by trauma surgeons while in the ICU to observe all internal injuries.  The surgeons repaired a lacerated liver and a torn disphragm.
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On October 13, 2019, Tasha goes for a ride to the gift shop as part of therapy.
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October 16, 2019.  21 days in the hospital together.  He never left her side.
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October 17, 2019, and still working on that knot.
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Tasha wearing shoes for the first time for physical therapy on October 23, 2019.
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Brayden, Tasha's oldest son, visiting in the Rehabilitation Department at Doctor's Hospital on October 24, 2019.
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After 35 days, stays on three separate floors, and by God's grace, Tasha is discharged from Doctor's Hospital.  Justin and Tasha embark on a bittersweet journey home on October 30, 2019, at 10:30 AM.  Pictured here are nurses that compassionately cared for them both in the ICU.
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On Nobember 2, 2019, Tasha and Justin visit the site of the accident for the first time.
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On Nobember 12, 2019, Tasha ditches the walker for a cane as the Lord continues to heal her through physical therapy.
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Although unable to continue her twenty-three year career as a cosmetologist, God allowed Tasha to still have the ability to strum her guitar and sing His praises.
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The gravesite of Bryson, Bostyn, and Bella taken on December 14, 2019.
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