He was excited about going with his father for a visit.
It had been planned for some time, but now it was going to happen. His father went into great detail about what to expect. Although he was very young when the train had derailed that day, he did have some memory of it. His father had filled in the gaps, the head on collision, the crumpled carriages and the rescue workers crawling around in the dark calling out for any responses. That’s when they had lost her. That was the dreadful night they got separated, the boy from his mother and his father from his wife. But now, they were going to meet up again!
The boy’s excitement grew stronger as the time grew close. It was a very special day for them both. They hadn’t talked to her since the night of the crash. The night they died, and she survived.