My sister posted this story on her blog, and it made me realize that we need to be thankful for what we have. Every day is a blessing. Not only am I thankful for my family and friends today, but I am thankful for the wonderful guidance they give me.
"I cross University Parkway every day on my way to and from school. As I was on my way back to work from school, after my first class, I was almost hit by a girl who wasn't paying attention and turned while it was my turn to walk. I hit the window of her passenger door to let her know how close she was to me, hoping that would scare her and the next time she'd pay more attention. I chuckled to myself as I finished crossing the street, thinking of the horrified expression on her face. Grateful that I wasn't hit, I went about my day, forgetting this close call, since it wasn't the first time something like this had happened to me at this intersection.
As I was leaving campus after my last class of the day, it was about 8:45p.m. and starting to rain. I came up to the same intersection that I previously mentioned. I was the first person in my lane and I saw people getting out of their cars and traffic was stopped. There was a car parked in the middle of the intersection. It took me a second to figure out what happened, then it clicked when I saw a body on the ground. Someone had been hit. It looked like the girl who was crossing the street was crossing at the same cross-walk I had been crossing just hours earlier. As I studied the scene, put the puzzle pieces together, and talked with other witnesses, I realized the girl had been crossing the cross-walk on the other side of the street, about 50-feet away. I won't go into any more detail of the things I saw."
I am thankful that this poor girl survived. I am also thankful for my sister's safety in May, and every day.
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