Heather Lohmeyer
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And I mean, these were very traumatic things that I saw. I was looking out of our kitchen window and I saw her hanging from a tree. The first one that happened, I was in our shower and we had a glass shower and I could just like hear her banging on the shower saying, mama, help me. Like very traumatic things happened.
And I mean, these were very traumatic things that I saw. I was looking out of our kitchen window and I saw her hanging from a tree. The first one that happened, I was in our shower and we had a glass shower and I could just like hear her banging on the shower saying, mama, help me. Like very traumatic things happened.
And I mean, these were very traumatic things that I saw. I was looking out of our kitchen window and I saw her hanging from a tree. The first one that happened, I was in our shower and we had a glass shower and I could just like hear her banging on the shower saying, mama, help me. Like very traumatic things happened.
I did, you know, and I really don't know what to say about it. I know a couple of people that they say it did happen to them as well, but I think it's a very unique circumstance. And so when Ben got home from rehab, we actually sent me somewhere. We sent me to Florida and, to get some help because I just needed some sort of support. And so I was gone for almost a month in a treatment facility.
I did, you know, and I really don't know what to say about it. I know a couple of people that they say it did happen to them as well, but I think it's a very unique circumstance. And so when Ben got home from rehab, we actually sent me somewhere. We sent me to Florida and, to get some help because I just needed some sort of support. And so I was gone for almost a month in a treatment facility.
I did, you know, and I really don't know what to say about it. I know a couple of people that they say it did happen to them as well, but I think it's a very unique circumstance. And so when Ben got home from rehab, we actually sent me somewhere. We sent me to Florida and, to get some help because I just needed some sort of support. And so I was gone for almost a month in a treatment facility.
And I learned a lot of amazing things there. Talking in class, the biggest thing I learned was that my control had a control on me. And so my need to control situations has a grasp and control on me. And it still happens to this day. I try to prevent bad things from happening. So I try to control everything around me.
And I learned a lot of amazing things there. Talking in class, the biggest thing I learned was that my control had a control on me. And so my need to control situations has a grasp and control on me. And it still happens to this day. I try to prevent bad things from happening. So I try to control everything around me.
And I learned a lot of amazing things there. Talking in class, the biggest thing I learned was that my control had a control on me. And so my need to control situations has a grasp and control on me. And it still happens to this day. I try to prevent bad things from happening. So I try to control everything around me.
Yes. I think it was there a little bit before. I think we all have a little control freak in us when we want things to go a certain way.
Yes. I think it was there a little bit before. I think we all have a little control freak in us when we want things to go a certain way.
Yes. I think it was there a little bit before. I think we all have a little control freak in us when we want things to go a certain way.
But it got much worse after I lost McKinsley. You know, anytime Ben wants to take Brody out somewhere, I think they're going to get in a car accident. Like I convinced myself they're going to get in a car accident. So I don't want them to go because I try to control the situation. But in my therapy, I learned that the control actually had the control on me. It's very crazy.
But it got much worse after I lost McKinsley. You know, anytime Ben wants to take Brody out somewhere, I think they're going to get in a car accident. Like I convinced myself they're going to get in a car accident. So I don't want them to go because I try to control the situation. But in my therapy, I learned that the control actually had the control on me. It's very crazy.
But it got much worse after I lost McKinsley. You know, anytime Ben wants to take Brody out somewhere, I think they're going to get in a car accident. Like I convinced myself they're going to get in a car accident. So I don't want them to go because I try to control the situation. But in my therapy, I learned that the control actually had the control on me. It's very crazy.
And then one of the therapists there, I told them when McKinsley died inside of me, I felt like I died myself. And he looked at me and he said, don't die twice. He said, Heather, don't die twice. One of my therapists when I went to Florida.
And then one of the therapists there, I told them when McKinsley died inside of me, I felt like I died myself. And he looked at me and he said, don't die twice. He said, Heather, don't die twice. One of my therapists when I went to Florida.
And then one of the therapists there, I told them when McKinsley died inside of me, I felt like I died myself. And he looked at me and he said, don't die twice. He said, Heather, don't die twice. One of my therapists when I went to Florida.
It did, especially now that, you know, I have Ben and Brody to live for and myself, you know, not just them. But McKinsley's story can have such an impact, too, on others. That's my goal in this. It's not to become famous from barely famous. It's not to get followers. It's none of that. It's to help other parents out there. that are going through the same thing.
It did, especially now that, you know, I have Ben and Brody to live for and myself, you know, not just them. But McKinsley's story can have such an impact, too, on others. That's my goal in this. It's not to become famous from barely famous. It's not to get followers. It's none of that. It's to help other parents out there. that are going through the same thing.