The anticipation for the games got to be like it it gets for a small child waiting to open presents on Christmas morning, but one night that weekly anticipation ended. I consider this more of a beginning actually, the start of a new life. Two thousand pounds of twisted metal and broken glass should be enough for anybody to stop and think. That is exactly what I did.

The truck hit us so quickly, yet I remember each second as if it were an eternity. This acci

The fact that a young person, like me, with so many dreams could die sent chills up my spine. I accepted that I had been given a second chance, a chance that some do nor receive. Through this, I have renewed my faith in God and that itself is the greatest girt of all. I believe that everything happens for a reason and that the reason for this accident was no accident at all. My dreams now, are not of wealth or fame but are to make my life worth living by giving something back. I cannot wait to change the world, even if that change is only for the betterment of one solitary person. I am ready to put my faith and heart into action.

I came face to face with my mortality for the first time in my life. I came to realize that guarantees in life do not exist and like my father always told me, "in one second your life can be cha

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