Lauren Scruggs’ Mom Opens Up: ‘This Is Hard… Very, Very Hard’
Dec. 29 2011, Published 3:40 p.m. ET
By Neil Woulfe - Breaking Celebrity News Senior News Director
The mother of Lauren Scruggs – the model/fashion blogger who was badly injured when she walked into a plane’s spinning propeller nearly four weeks ago - is opening up about the harsh challenges facing the family in a heartbreaking new entry on the website created after Lauren’s horrific accident.
In the entry posted Wednesday afternoon on CaringBridge.org, Lauren’s mom Cheryl asks people to pray for the family and says “we trust Jesus, but being human, this is hard … very, very hard.”
Cheryl’s entire entry follows:
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:44 PM, CST
written by CHERYL SCRUGGS
Need Prayers........
As I think through the last several days, my heart is a bit heavy today.....
The last three weeks, we all have been running on adrenaline, and now some of the reality is hitting. Now that the excitement of Christmas is over, we are continuing the marathon of recovery, constantly being reminded that this is not a sprint, but a MARATHON........a long rode for Lauren, and us, as her family.
Our lives have changed, and a new reality is upon us...............
Lo has lost her left hand, a major part of her, that produced her articles and magazine by typing, researching