This was a story on the Facebook page for Faithit which is remarkably similar to your story, as far as what happened to her daughter. Here is the info:
19-Year-Old Dies Tragically-Then Mom Sees Something Unusual in a Painting She Made 2 Months Earlier
It was a parent's worst nightmare come true
When we lose a loved one, it's often hard to believe that God is still a good father amidst it all.
If He loved us so much, why would He take something from us that we hold so dear? Or if the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, why doesn't God just stop it from happening with a snap of His omnipotent fingers?
That's exactly the struggle that Scott and September Vaudrey experienced when they tragically lost their 19-year-old daughter, Katie. But as the years went on, they found "unexpected hope in the midst of loss."
When Katie's mom went back to a painting her daughter made just a couple months prior to her death, she saw something there that really brought God's promises to life before her very eyes. The beautiful watercolor was a of a tree with a gnarled, weather-beaten trunk-but when September looked at its bright green leaves, a profound truth hit her:
"When I look at the leaves in that painting, I'm reminded that this is the life to the full that Jesus talks about in John 10:10. And one of the things that slowly brought me to a place of peace was that I could not stinkin' deny God's goodness. He just continually and relentlessly showed up in our story, almost always through the thumbprints of people. To me, that is what the tenderness of God looks like."
Things I remember from the video:
Her daughter suffered a brain aneurysm which caused her car accident. A witness said they saw her passed out at the wheel and slumped over. The aneurysm ruptured and filled her brain with blood.
She said her daughter lived as though she was trying to pack a lifetime of living into 19 years.
She talked about the call from the hospital telling her that her daughter was in the accident. When they got there, they saw her lying on a gurney without a scratch on her. She was declared brain dead 6 hours later.
The mom remembered that right after everything happened, she could sense God telling her that He was still good and that this circumstance didn't change that. She ultimately agreed with that statement.
(I'll probably add to this at some point-it was such a good story)
Her dad said you never get over it, but you learn to get on with it.
(Re-watched video and took notes:)
Hard to believe that you are that family who lost a kid
John 10:10
so full of life, packed a lifetime of living into 19 years-intensity
phone call of every parent's worst nightmare
went into trauma room and saw her lying on a gurney-not a mark on her
next day, a witness said they saw Katie passed out over the wheel which confirmed that she had an aneurysm that ruptured and filled her brain with blood and knocked her it, that's why she swerved and she was hit
mother went outside from the hospital and felt an undeniable sense of peace and God's presence telling her that "I am good, this circumstance doesn't change who I am"
she questioned, how can He be good when things go as horribly wrong as you can imagine
the dad said the intolerable ache gradually softens
loss of child is always this far beneath the surface (small amount)
God relentlessly showed up in our story, mostly through the thumbprints of other people
the tenderness of God
when people don't forget your kid, don't forget your sorrow-that is God showing up for you and walking with you in the hardest of times
His vision for the church was a community that did life together
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