Thursday, September 11, 2008

The scariest moment in my life!!!

Hey! What up it's ya boy Keith Ramsey, and today I want to tell y'all the scariest moment that I had ever had in my life! It was on April 26, 2007 that this event happened. When I got up that morning, I was already feeling very awkward because I had just had a dream that I had died from a drive-by shooting which was active where I was living, but I didn't take heed because I had plenty of dreams where I died. I had a car that my dad let me drive to school because he always drove his worktruck, so he felt that I was responsible enough to drive now. Well, I told him that the car had some brake troubles two days before, but he ignored the situation. So, I assumed that he got them fixed. I went on my way to school but before I got into the car, I noticed that I forgot to put on my dogtag with my momma's graduation picture on it. That made me feel even more strange because I kept it on at all times. So, I went back and got it, and started on my way. It was me and my two younger brothers, Xavier and Nicholas, that were in the car. That is when it all began. I was going down this two-way road which eventually led to the busiest intersection highway in Valdosta, GA. I was doing about 25 miles per hour on a 35-mile per hour road (it was deserted in the morning. Before you get to the stop sign at the end of the street, you go down this very steep hill. When I approached the hill (not the stop sign), I decided to apply my brakes early considering the fact that I noticed that my father did not get them fixed. BUT, they weren't cooperating. So my brothers started to panic, and when we got to the hill the car picked up speed at about 50 miles per hour! My whole life, as well as my brothers', began to flash before my eyes. I had jabbed at the brakes with all my might, but the car continued to roll on. And then I noticed that there was not an emergency brake, so I surely thought our life was going to end in a huge car wreck disaster. BUT, I had three choices on this last minute of my life and me and my brothers might as well be dead of all three. I could have: 1) crashed into the truck that was in front of me and caused the biggest wreck in history, 2) crash into the gas station and blow up in flames(not a wise decision), and the last one is crazy because I had a quick encounter of an angel out the corner of my eye as if it was saying,"Come this way." My third option was to crash into a wooden billboard which was also dangerous. As all these things played in my head in a matter of one minute, I made the decision to crash into the billboard. When I woke up, I was laying on the ground, and I seen a whole lot of people around me. I saw that the wooden poles split the windshied and bent the entire front and top of the car in. I had been knocked out for about three minutes, someone told me. I immediately searched for my brothers. They were 100% unharmed. As for me, I felt just fine until I noticed that I couldn't stop shaking as if I was going into some type of shock or something. Then it got worse and more worse. So I blacked out again, but when I woke this time, I was in the hospital where my family was. They said I had suffered a minor concussion. In the end, I was alright.

I still have flashbacks of how more fatal that accident could have really turned out. It felt like a final destination type deal, but it was applied to my life, and I survived it. It just goes to show once again how God poured his overly abundant mercy and grace on me, and protected me throughout the entire incident. God bless! peace!

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