Brooklynn Newville scribbled on a piece of paper her bucket list that included seeing a moose, jumping off a cliff into a swimming hole and visiting an ice bar in Alaska.
But, the nine-year-old girl was killed with her little brother Jace, 5, and never had a chance to complete anything on her list of wishes, which was found by her parents months after she died.
Keep reading to learn more about the heartbreaking list left behind by the sweet child.
In 2017, Linda Irie, 50, was driving down the Turner Turnpike near Wellston, Oklahoma, with her three grandkids, five-year-old Jace, nine-year-old Brooklynn, or Brookie, Newville and their cousin Isabella Anthony, 6, to pick up a baby lamb for Easter photos.
According to local news, the family, from Norman, were rear ended by A 17-year-old man, forcing Irie’s “car to collide with two other vehicles. Officials told the family evidence indicates the driver was reading a text at the time.”
The only survivor was little Isabella. The other three were pronounced dead at the scene.
We’ve had to move a couple times, can’t really walk into the house anymore, see where the kids used to be,” said Brian Newville, the father Brooklynn and Jace.
Their mother Shaneé, who’s since separated from Brian, shared an emotional Facebook post: “Being alive is hard. I wake up and cry, take a shower and cry, put on my make up and cry.” The photographer, who also lost her mom in the crash, continues, “The people who loved me the most are gone. It feels like god took them on vacation with Mima. But it isn’t the truth, they are never coming back.”
List of wishes
Many months later, as the parents were clearing out Brooklynn’s room, they discovered something that would somewhat help ease their unspeakable pain.
A bucket list, hand-written by Brooklynn, covering a large range of things she wished to see or do before she died.
