As I rode back from my maternal grandparents house in my Grandpa's new Prius, I wondered what I would do when I got home. Perhaps I would call my dad's mom and tell her all about my day. Who knows what I would do with the remainder of my Friday night. Thanksgiving had just ended, and excitement was in the air. There was much to do, and everybody in the area was up and about doing whatever it is they so pleasurably do. Unfortunately for some people, this is getting drunk at a bar and driving home in a snow storm in broad daylight.
I was the 10-year-old child that was in the center back seat of a small car going 60 miles an hour that snowy day, as a economy class convertible came screaming out of the other lane straight into the front of my Grandpa's new Prius. I didn't remember much as the car was destroyed and the ambulance came, but I did recall every minute of the three week stay in the hospital with many broken bones and other miscellaneous injuries, as well as the six months of pain that I was forced to endure.
This life changing experience ultimately gave me the phobia of drunk drivers/drunk driving. That day showed me how destructive the combination of a car and an inebriated person can be. It is for this reason that I will never for as long as I live drive while under the influence of any intoxicant.
Hartman,
ReplyDeleteI remember this accident and it was horrible. I am so sorry you had to go through this. But I am glad that this showed you how horrible drunk driving can be. I hope this event, and others like it, inspires others to think twice about driving under the influence. Again, it is terrible that this had to happen to you and your family, but I am glad you realized how horrible driving under the influence can be.
Hartman,
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to get too deep on you, but I remember visiting you in the hospital every week, just to see how you were doing. I know that the accident impacted your life more than any other's, but it impacted mine also. I have a fear and a hatred of drunk drivers because of what happened to you. Nobody should have to go though what you had to, ever.