Reality You never know how absolutely horrifying things are until the truth hits you. I was reading a story today in a detention about a young girl in a car crash. It was a fictional story, but very descriptive. It made me want to cry almost. The author gave such detail about the movements of the cars and the injuries of the passengers of the cars. Those paragraphs were horrifying to think about, and it scared me quite a bit. I always have had fears of car accidents and this did not help much. The other part of the story that struck me was the part about the mother's greif. To think of how terrible that would be- to be a mother with such a young, youthful, and successful daughter, and then to have that taken away... Awful... The horror did not end there though. Sadly, it didn't.... Late tonight, a friend contacted me. His sister had been in a car accident, and she is expected to be in a coma or months now. It wasn't until then it hit me that those stories and articles you read or see in the news about deaths and traumatic injury are so absolutely real, and they are also very close. I now sit here wondering, what if that same thing happened to me? What would I do then? What if my own siblings or relatives died today? How much grief and pain would that be?... I find myself with wet streaks down my face. Why am I crying all of the sudden?... Why am I crying now when these realities haven't happened to me? I guess I'm crying because I can't even think about losing those I love. I can't even begin imagine the position my friend is in. Someone he loves so dearly... So close to being ripped away from him, and to think, this isn't the first tragic thing to happen to him... Why do we complain about such simple things in our lives while others grieve over such things?... While others are worrying about much more important things. Be thankful, and Alex, I love you. (Please keep my friend and his sister in thoughts and prayers... I have used fake names by the way, and I am hoping the best for him and his family. Be thankful for what you have. We are only share these experiences on earth for so long.)