I was with my parents on vacation. We were driving home from a vacation. We were singing songs and having lots of fun. My dad was singing silly songs with me suddenly there was a crash, the sound of metal crunching, tires screaming, blood everywhere, a loud bang and then nothing.

I cried out to my mom and she asked me if I was okay. My dad said he loved me and starting to sing our favorite silly song then more silence. Finally, the silence was broken when I heard sirens, people yelling and loud shouts. Screaming. Only I didn't realize it was me screaming. I remember being removed from the car. I remember being placed in the ambulance and then nothing.

I remember after the accident everything was a blur. I remember the funeral. I remember family members being present but I was walking in shock. About a week later I collapsed. I woke up two months later. I was in a hospital in my hometown. Sitting next to me was my sister. She yelped when she saw me and gave me a big. I don't remember much more than that.

The doctors said I suffered some brain damage. In an area that soldiers do when they get a concussion from an explosion. The only ill effect for me was a sudden and complete change in personality. I was not the sweet innocent girl anymore. I graduated high school at the top of my class. I started college and then the real changes started I started to dress sorta gothic. I wore very sexy clothes, revealing clothes, rebelled against the church, started to date a girl from church.

The only one constant was school. My school work didn't drop it got better. I could remember things more clearly and better at least as it related to school. I could read faster. The threw around the word "savant." In May I will graduate. Again at the top of my class.

I miss my parents. More my dad than my mom. I was closer to him. They were killed by a drunk driver with a repeated history of drunk driving. A tragedy that could have been avoided if only he was jailed. I honor my parents every day and visit the cemetery often.