Blog Entry #2: Car Accident

What was meant to be a birthday surprise roadtrip to Santa Barbara, turned a tragic incident in a split second. Three friends and I decided to go visit our friend and Santa Barbara City College student, Lillian, for her 19th birthday. We spent long  hours in heavy traffic, and the car ride gradually became tedious and exhausting. About an hour into the ride,  I heard my loud shout, "Amy!" And the tail lights of another truck collide into my vision. In a split second, heavy impact and traumatic change. My feet slammed on the brakes screeching against the asphalt, but there was no stopping, it was too late. My body jerked forward slamming into the steering wheel, after that, blank. As I finally gathered me senses, I looked around me to make sure my friends were okay. Thankfully they all were. We all shared a moment of reassurance and gratefulness that we survived such an incident with minimal damage. It reminded me that life happens in flashes, and that things happen in instants, and to be grateful for the small miracles in life. I am lucky to be breathing and alive, sometimes such a simple concept gets lost in the daily chaos of life.