but even through all this pain , for a moment , her mind seized , and her life began to roll before her , of the tragic deaths of her parents , the frequent and at times constant illness her sister endured , abigail working nights and weekends while she finished her senior year in high school , later majoring in realm studies at northern arizona university but never completing her degree , of opening a bakery , of her sister 's health improving , then megan 's wedding and the birth of her children .