I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WHY I WANTED THIS WEBSITE. MY WHOLD WORLD CRUMBLED ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IN JUNE 1998.MY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WAS JULY 3RD AND MY HUSBAND AND I WAS GOING TO RENEW OUR WEDDING VOWS ON THAT DATE IN THE CHURCH WHERE WE ATTENDED.I HAD NEVER GOT TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE.WE HAD GOT MARRIED IN THE COURTHOUSE.ANYWAY BACK TO THE STORY.MY DAUGHTER AND I HAD BEEN SHOPPING THAT DAY,GETTING FITTED FOR OUR DRESSES AND WE HAD JUST PUT IN A FULL DAY OF SHOPPING AND HAD WENT OUT TO EAT DINNER WITH MY MOM.IT WAS ABOUT 9 PM THAT NIGHT AND WE WERE HEADED HOME.I HAD STRANGE FEELINGS ALL DAY.IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN BUT EVERYTIME I WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT I WAS VERY CAUTIOUS,IT WAS AS IF SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING. SOMETHING I HAD NEVER DONE WAS WEAR A SEATBELT BUT THE WHOLD DAY I WORE MINE AND MADE MY DAUGHTER WEAR HERS.WE WERE JUST A FEW MILES FROM BEING HOME AND AS I WAS TOPPING A HILL THERE WAS A CAR COMING RIGHT AT ME.THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.I SCREAMED AND STARTED PRAYING AND ASKING GOD TO PROTECT US.I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET THE SOUNDS,SOUNDS OF CRUNCHING METAL.THE SCREAMS AND THE SMELLS.I STILL TO THIS DAY SOMETIMES SMELL THE THINGS I DID THAT NIGHT. ONCE THE VEHICLE STOPPED I STARTED ASKING MY DAUGHTER IF SHE WAS ALRIGHT AND SHE SAID MOM I HURT ALL OVER.SHE LET THE WINDOW DOWN AND HAD CRAWLED OUT AND RAN TO GET HELP,BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT SHE HAD LEFT.I KEPT SCREAMING FOR HER AND SHE DID NOT ANSWER ME.I JUST FEARED THE WORST.I WAS AFRAID SHE WAS DEAD.I TRIED TO GET OUT BUT I COULD NOT MOVE.A PASSERBY STOPPED AND HELD MY HAND AND TALKED TO HIM TIL HELP GOT THERE.I WAS SO GLAD THAT HE WAS THERE.I KEPT ASKING HIM WHERE MY DAUGHTER WAS,TO PELASE CHECK ON HER.HE FINALLY FOUND HER.SHE CAME TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS OK,THAT SHE HAD JUST WENT TO GET HELP.I DID NOT FIND OUT TIL AFTER I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL THAT THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DRUNK.HE HAD NO LICENSE AND OF COURSE NO INSURANCE.
IT WAS A YEAR BEFORE I WALKED AGAIN.I LIVE IN CONSTANT PAIN AND CAN NO LONGER WORK.I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON I WAS BEFORE THE WRECK AND NEVER WILL BE AGAIN.THAT DRUNK DRIVER TOOK SO MUCH AWAY FROM ME.I THANK GOD THAT I AM ALIVE AND THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT INJURED.BUT SO MANY TIMES DURING THE TIME I WAS RECOVERING AFTER MY SURGERIES,I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN AND I SERIOUSLY WANTED TO END MY LIFE.I FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO REASON FOR ME TO LIVE ANYMORE.YES I WAS FEELING SORRY FOR MYSELF.I HAD ALWAYS BEEN INDEPENDANT AND NOW EVERYONE HAD TO WAIT ON ME,BRING ME BEDPANS,GIVE ME A BATH,DRESS ME.I HAD TO DEPEND ON SOMEONE AND I WAS NOT USED TO THAT.I WANTED TO DIE.I DID NOT KNOW WHO TO TURN TO.I HAD FORGOT ABOUT ONE PERSON,THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON THERE IS.THE LORD.I SARTED CRYING AND PRAYING FOR HIM TO HELP ME.THE PHONE BOOK WAS LYING ON THE TABLE BESIDE ME AND FOR SOME REASON I PICKED IT UP AND I FOUND THE NUMBER FOR MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING.I DIALED THE NUMBER AND THE GUY ON THE OTHER END TALKED TO ME FOR HOURS.HE WAS SO GOOD.HE HELPED ME SO MUCH.IT SEEMED LIKE HE KNEW WHEN I NEED HIM CAUSE HE WOULD ALWAYS CALL AT JUST THE RIGHT TIMES.I EVEN GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET HIM AND HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM.
I KNOW I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.SO MANY OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED OR HURT ALOT WORSE THAN ME,THANKS TO THOSE STUPID PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO DRINK AND DRIVE.IT MAKES ME SO MAD EVERYTIME I HEAR A STORY INVOLVING A DRUNK DRIVER.I CRY OVER THE STORIES I READ THAT INVOLVES A DRUNK DRIVER.THEY HAVE MESSED UP SO MANY PEOPLES LIFES.
I NEVER DID GET TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE,BUT I WAS PUSHED DOWN THE AISLE THE NIGHT WE RENEWED OUR WEDDING VOWS.IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL SERVICE.WE HAD SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.MY DAUGHTER WAS MY MAID OF HONOR AND MY SON WAS THE BEST MAN.I WANTED TO CANCEL IT BUT MY HUSBAND INSISTED THAT WE GO ON WITH IT AND I AM SO GLAD THAT WE DID.
I KNOW I CAN NO LONGER DO THE THINGS I USED TO SO I HAVE TO LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT.IT GETS HARD SOMETIMES AND MY MEMORY IS NO LONGER WHAT IT USED TO BE BUT AT LEAST I AM ALIVE AND I GET TO ENJOY LIFE.BELIEVE ME I DO THAT NOW.I DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED ANYMORE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.I WILL BE UPDATING IT AND ADDING PICS.SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN.
GOD BLESS YOU.FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
