Gary & Mari Malychewski: "There's no winners in what we went through... only Hannah." | Unfolding Short Stories
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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"There are no winners in what we went through… only Hannah."
Gary and Mari Malychewski share the story of losing their young daughter in a tragic accident. In the days and years that followed, they faced questions of grief, guilt, and forgiveness that few parents ever have to carry. Looking back, they say God had been quietly preparing their hearts long before that day arrived. This is a story about loss, faith, and the difficult grace of learning to forgive in the middle of unimaginable pain.
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| 0:00.0 | And I told him, I said, there is no winners in something what we went through. |
| 0:03.9 | I said, you're a loser. I'm a loser. The company was a loser. |
| 0:08.5 | God's story? Your life. |
| 0:13.4 | Unfolding short stories. |
| 0:17.4 | This is one of those stories that's hard for me to share. |
| 0:20.6 | Kind of touches on a pain that most of us would rather not ever think about. |
| 0:26.1 | And yet, Gary and Mary say that long before the day arrived, God had already begun preparing them for what was coming. |
| 0:35.3 | My name is Gary, Malasheveski and this is my wife, Mary. |
| 0:39.3 | Hi. |
| 0:40.3 | And this is our story. |
| 0:41.3 | Back then I was a very, I was a young driver and I was coming around a 20 mile an hour curve |
| 0:47.3 | and I was probably going 40, 45. |
| 0:50.3 | I know I was speeding and I was breaking the law. And I came around and I see a little girl in the road riding her bike. |
| 1:00.0 | And I had to go completely into the other lane, otherwise I would hit her. |
| 1:05.0 | And as I passed by her, I stopped my UPS vehicle, and I went back and I started talking to her, |
| 1:12.8 | and I said, little girl, I got a daughter, same age as you, and I said, if I would have hit |
| 1:17.7 | you, I would have killed you. And had there been a car come to the other direction, I would |
| 1:22.7 | have been a bad accident. And so I asked her where she lived, and she said that she lived up on the hill. And so I went |
| 1:30.9 | and I drove up on the hill and I started telling the dad about how almost hit his little girl. And |
| 1:36.3 | then he started bawling and I started bawling. And then I'm telling him what was what happened. |
| 1:42.7 | Then he goes, wait, so nothing happened? |
| 1:46.3 | I said, no. |
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