It was the wee hours of the morning on a hot and scorching June 11th 2015 I had no idea that my life and perspective of life would be altered. I just sent a text message to my co-worker Sean about going to K-Mart Store in Bowling Green Kentucky to help out. I was hesitant to go because it was an hour away. He ended up miraculously persuaded me to pursue this paid adventure.
It was around 5:00 I was changing and getting ready to go on this trip with my Co-workers Sean and Haley. I told my mother about it yesterday and she didn’t seem so swayed by it. I went in her room that morning and told her of my plans, she was still hesitant she said she had a bad feeling but then told me to be careful. We rendezvoused at work and went off. Most of trip …show more content…
I had to tell my mom I was in an accident, scared that she would start worrying I lied to her and told her it was no big deal and a minor fender bender occurred. I think she didn’t believe me but she said Okay. I got home and I told her about the whole ordeal and showed her the picture and she started crying, I felt terrible I didn’t want to make my own mother cry I felt selfish and foolish. She said she would pray for me, even though I’m not too religious I appreciated it. I then took it easy for a week and went back to …show more content…
The scene of what happened kept replaying in my head over and over, I was scared to go on the road especially on the interstate. I didn’t want to die. I would be extra careful on the interstate and I would breathe in a little more air than normal. It died down after several months. I learned a lot by this event. Life is precious and it can come to an abrupt end in seconds. So I learned to live life to the fullest because you only have 1 life, so make it your best and don’t waste time by doing stupid things. It motivated me to do better in college and work. I learned that we are so lucky to be alive we were a miracle I think the statistics of us being alive individually is like 1 in 125 million? I also learned that money isn’t something to die for especially for a measly 7.25$. I since then left that Job and work a better job with better pay making twice as much and go to college, wanting to go to MTSU to finish up my degree in Computer Science and start my career and later down the road have a family and share precious moments of my life with
It was around 5:00 I was changing and getting ready to go on this trip with my Co-workers Sean and Haley. I told my mother about it yesterday and she didn’t seem so swayed by it. I went in her room that morning and told her of my plans, she was still hesitant she said she had a bad feeling but then told me to be careful. We rendezvoused at work and went off. Most of trip …show more content…
I had to tell my mom I was in an accident, scared that she would start worrying I lied to her and told her it was no big deal and a minor fender bender occurred. I think she didn’t believe me but she said Okay. I got home and I told her about the whole ordeal and showed her the picture and she started crying, I felt terrible I didn’t want to make my own mother cry I felt selfish and foolish. She said she would pray for me, even though I’m not too religious I appreciated it. I then took it easy for a week and went back to …show more content…
The scene of what happened kept replaying in my head over and over, I was scared to go on the road especially on the interstate. I didn’t want to die. I would be extra careful on the interstate and I would breathe in a little more air than normal. It died down after several months. I learned a lot by this event. Life is precious and it can come to an abrupt end in seconds. So I learned to live life to the fullest because you only have 1 life, so make it your best and don’t waste time by doing stupid things. It motivated me to do better in college and work. I learned that we are so lucky to be alive we were a miracle I think the statistics of us being alive individually is like 1 in 125 million? I also learned that money isn’t something to die for especially for a measly 7.25$. I since then left that Job and work a better job with better pay making twice as much and go to college, wanting to go to MTSU to finish up my degree in Computer Science and start my career and later down the road have a family and share precious moments of my life with