I got a chance to catch up with my mother and sister this weekend, mum is doing a little better but there is a small fear of some sort of brain injury. She seems the same to me if you allow a little room for depression and repressed anger, all the usual feelings that you'd expect when the love of your life has been prematurely taken from you. She will need to take what has been referred to in layman's terms as a brain test. Basically being isolated and observed for 5 days. Sounds pretty taxing to me. The will has been read and Kieran's children are probably going to protest it but mum's lawyer says the will is pretty solid.

Talking to my sister I found out that there have been charges made against the driver of the other vehicle. Negligent driving, Negligent driving causing injury and Negligent driving causing death are the three charges I know about. He is claiming to have no memory of the accident at all and a trial will be beginning within the next month. His passenger has another story altogether. He is claiming that the driver took his eyes off the road and was searching for his ringing mobile phone. I was hoping that that wasn't the case, it's terrible that this was all caused by such a horrible reason.

The accident investigation has ruled that it was the other driver on the wrong side of the road, 100%. There were no mechanical defects or blow-outs or anything like that that caused it all.

The insurance company is taking it's time in assuming responsibility and we're being told will take 2 years or more to even begin offering settlement amounts. Of course, insurance companies being what they are, they will definitely try and low ball any payout. Mum doesn't want to be greedy, just have what would be the next 20 years or so of Kieran's wages, plus some extra to make up for all the handyman jobs he did around the house, saving all sorts of money for them compared to hiring a professional. A replacement for her wages for the next 15-20 years as she doesn't think she will be able to go back to the childcare business alone, and not for quite a while as she is still having some issues with walking. She will also need to be examined and ruled able to drive before getting behind the wheel of a car.