Tuesday, June 2, 2009

These Are All Questions I Believe We Ask Ourselves Often.


Do you believe that your life is planned out for you before you are born? Do you believe when you die that it is because that was the plan all along? Do you believe that when an accident has occurred that alters your life that you were meant to be a role model for others?

These are all questions I believe we ask ourselves often. I, myself, have asked these questions many times in my life so I imagine that everyone does the same.

I don't know about the thought that your life is planned out for you before you are born but I think it is possible. Dying I have a hard time believing is planned only because I don't understand children dying so young or people being in so much pain. It is hard for me to understand the reasoning in that. Being a role model for others, though, because of an unfortunate accident I do believe.

I have had the unfortunate chance to witness this kind of experience first hand. My oldest sister was married to this absolutely fantastic man who use to play college football, he was very active, good job, and about to become a father for the first time. I was very close to my brother in law, he was always very good to me.

When I was around fifteen years old, I came home from school to find out that my brother in law had been in a bad car accident. He was driving for work and a car had crossed over the medium strip in the road and hit his car hard. He was in serious condition and there were doubts that he would be ok.

My brother in law thankfully did survive the accident but his face was severely damaged and he needed to have reconstructive surgery. After his surgery was completed my sister was told that he was blind and there was no surgery that could change that.

Imagine how hard it would be to learn that you would never see again. It was hard, hard seems to not define the effort it took to move ahead. My brother in law attended a school for the blind to learn how to read braille and function through the day as normally as he could. He eventually had a guide dog that helped him get around a lot better.

He didn't give up but I know it was not easy for him. He learned to golf, bowl, he even ran his own company. He had the chance to see his son at a very young age before his accident, and he had a daughter later on after his accident. How hard it must be to not be able to watch your children grow.

My brother in law is like a hero to me, he is someone I look up to and I believe many people that know him do too. When I got married he walked me down the aisle, he meant a lot to me.

Today my sister and brother in law have divorced and he has remarried and has two more children. Although I don't get to see him often, He is very special to me and he will always be someone I look up to.

My brother in law is an example of a person that is a role model for others. He is proof that life goes on and you can play an important in it. I'm sure that others that know him and know of him have learned through his experience and that he has helped many others in their times of need.

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