if you are reading this and you knew me while i was in high school, then you probably remember my senior year --- when i got voted worst driver of my senior class... of about 300. i guess i got that for a reason. i added, yes, a second wreck to my list last week. if you recall my last wreck... i drove up a guide wire/telephone pole. yeah, long story. this time i didnt drive up it though, i hit one. last wednesday we had a pretty good indiana summer storm, lots and lots of rain w/ pretty harsh storms. before i start with what happened with me let me first inform you that about ten minutes before my wreck... there was another wreck. this wreck occured the SAME way mine did, in the same spot, and my car took the same path the other one did. ok here's my story... i left my house around sevenish to go to my friend megans apartment ( i love you megan ). im driving on a pretty busy two lane road, i would almost consider it a high way type road... as im driving i notice my little car start hydro planing. wow, my car seriously never does that. it handles everything pretty good, which i guess is good for a bad driver like me? but anyways i got freaked out, so i went from going 55 mph ( the speed limit ) to about 45 mph, give or take a few. about the time i slow down i realized whoa, raelynn... you didnt put your seat belt on. ok, first of all ... my seat belt is ALWAYS on, after my first wreck and it saved my life... pretty sure i learned my lesson. SO i put the seatbelt on. something or somebody ( uhh hmmm, probably GOD ) nudged me to put it on. i put my seatbelt on and not even two minutes later, my car started hydro planing again. this time, a little worse... and i even slowed down! when it first started doing it i tried not to panick, plus i remembered my dad always saying , "if you push the brakes in ice or water, it will only make you lose control". something like that anyways... thanks dad. well i did remember that for a minute. until i started losing control because i was going around a curb. and the rain was BAD. so yeah you guessed it, i slammed on the brakes. hard. anddd i spun out, lost control, whatever. i went flying off the road a really good distance. i remember it happening, it happened so fast but in my mind its in slow motion... so i look over and all is aw were trees. everywhere. i didnt see the previous wreck, the car, the telephone pole, or the people standing in the grass. all i saw were trees. my car started going sideways and i knew i was going to hit a tree. i was freaking out, screaming and bawling. well, i didnt hit the trees. i instead hit the previous car that had wrecked and a telephone pole with an electrical box. the otherr car that had wrecked had 4 teenage boys in it, but thank god they were all out of the car. so i smashed into the telephone pole and their car. i flew forward and then got flung back by the air bags. i dont remember much after this until i was in the ambulance but i know i got the heck out of my car pretty fast. i dont remember really getting out, i remember some lady helping me but like i said it happened so fast. sooo they got me on a backboard and put a neckbrace around me with these brick things so i wouldnt move my neck and all. and they took me to the ER. i was there for what seemed like FOREVER. i was in so much pain and i couldnt move my body at all. pretty much because i was in shock so bad for so long but i was also hurtin pretty bad. but they gave me some pain medicine and basically told me i had to move so they could get x rays. so i started moving. thank god. as for my little cavalier... it might just have went to car heaven. i hope i get her back :( .besides a few scrapes from my seatbelt and awful soreness, i walked out of their unhurt. wow. i've gotten lucky twice. all i have to say is god was watching over me. i know he isn't done with me yet. duh, i have to go J BAY! =) no but really i am soo grateful that i walked away unharmed. but thanks so much to everyone who sent encouragement. thanks so much for all the prayers and support with it. i love each and every one of you!

ok... now on to business with J Bay! only
51 days!!! ( i think ) my support is coming along. i have gotten a lot of support from people. and i am SO GRATEFUL for it. but... i still have quite a ways to go. SO please please pray for me. im getting stresed. i know that the lord will provide but its hard not to be getting stressed with so little time. please continue praying that the support will be there. thanks so much for the prayers, encouragement, support, and everything else! i am sooo excited. actually im beyond excited! god bless!

 
<--- i am no longer driving my pretty little car.

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