A Defining Moment On The Road Research Paper

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There are life-defining moments that will always evoke certain emotions when fragments of events filter through my mind. My appreciation for life intensified on a cool fall night late in September, as I was driving to the farm after Homecoming. Several kids from our church youth group had gathered at a home for a bonfire after the dance. While the road to home was only five miles, driving in the country has its hazards. With the air conditioner turned all the way up and music blasting, I began driving on a road that had taken me home hundreds of times. A green Jeep was slowly driving in front of me, causing my drive to take longer than I had hoped. Searching for things to keep me awake, I tried to memorize the Jeep’s license plate. Having …show more content…

The steering wheel and its subtle vibrations suddenly become vigorous and cause my hands to tingle. I open my eyes and realize that the road to take me home is on my left, and the corn ready for harvest is on my right. Panicking, I press down on the accelerator pedal hoping to right my world. My ears are filled with the sound of wheels searching for traction and clumps of mud hitting the side of the car. I finally sense my car beginning to return to the road, when I experience the seat belt cutting my neck and the car flying through the air. I close my eyes and grasp more tightly to the steering wheel, as if this will erase the last few seconds. An awful smell fills the air causing me to open my eyes. I watch my car skim by a telephone pole, side into the rows of corn, and stop... partially in the road and the ditch. Once all seems to be still, I look around. The coins from my purse are scattered everywhere, the airbags are deployed, and smoke is billowing from the front of the car. A cool breeze enters through the remains of a shattered window causing chills. I search for my phone through all the chaos. I need to call my mom, who is awaiting my return home, merely a half a mile

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