A Life Changing Event That Changed My Life

Growing up there is memories and experiences to look back on. There will always be that one event. That one life changing event that is remembered like it happened yesterday. Experiencing a tragic accident involving my younger sister impacted my life dramatically. Ruby, the only younger sister I have, we grew up being close to each other. As being the bigger sister, I felt as it was my job to protect her from harm and always be there. There are just some things you have no control over like the night of the accident. It simply began by playing around and having a good time. Resulting in looking at my sister in a different way but it changed for the better. At that time in my life, I have not lost someone close to me and that could have changed

In this moment, everything seemed right in the world, unfortunately, that is when things go for the worst. Jumping on the bed was becoming tedious, so we began doing fun tricks on the bed. As I recall Ruby saying “Hey Selena watch this!” She stood on the bed a bit close to the the edge, kicked her feet up into the air. She attempted to do a handstand, and that handstand was perfect. She held her handstand a second too long as she lost her balance and fell off the bed. On her way down, I heard a smack as she hit my dad’s nightstand. I had no idea what had just happened. The silence pierced my heart, I knew something terrible happened to Ruby. I was afraid to look at Ruby, tears started to fill up my eyes. After a few deep breaths, I built up the courage to look over the bed. I see my younger sister lying there, half of her face was covered in blood as it dripped on my parent’s burgundy carpet. The gash on her forehead was bleeding uncontrollably. The ladybugs on her dress, that was once before mine, became less and less visible as the blood drenched her dress. I screamed for my brothers to come quickly. I jumped off the bed and ran to be at her side. I hugged Ruby in my arms and gently laid her head on my lap. The blood flowed onto my lap, my dress was saturated in the dark red blood. I didn’t care, I just wanted to hold her in my arms. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I spoke to her. “Ruby please wake up. I am so sorry.” I said. Repeatedly I apologized to her and begged her to awake. She didn’t open her eyes. Both of my brothers came rushing in. The second they saw us both on the floor surrounded by Ruby’s blood, they were shocked. Their mouths opened so big and wide but no words came out of either of them. It took them a few seconds to take in the image they saw before their eyes. When they did, so many questions were