It was September 25, 1982 and it was an cold day. I was looking outside from the window waiting for customers to serve in the drive-thru. It was raining pretty hard out there. 'No wonder we have no business...who in the right mind would drive in this weather?'

"Hey Jess it's time to go home."

I turned around to see my co-worker Kate.

I asked" Is it 7 already?"

She nodded her head and said" Yup, the night shift is coming over now." 'Thank goodness.' I tooked off my headset and I walked out of the back room to get my stuff.

"Hey wait up Jess!"

Kate ran towards me and then she started walking with me to get our stuff. I got my stuff and she asked" Hey do you want a ride?"

I shook my head and I said" It's ok I got my moped."

Kate asked" Are you sure it will be ok to drive in this weather?"

I nodded and said" Anyways my apartment is near here, It will take me like 10 minutes to get there."

She sighed and said" Alright but you better be safe while driving!"

I nod and walked out of the restaurant. I knew I was going to get soaken wet. But when I got outside I check if it was still raining and the rain stop.

'Oh thank goodness, at least now it is safer to drive.'

I walked over to my moped and there was like a puddle of water on the seat. 'Great...'

I grabbed two sides of the moped and put it to the side so the water would get off the moped. After couple minutes of waiting I put the moped back up where it was and got on the moped. I turned it on and drive backwards to get out of the parking lot. I was now on the road driving to my apartment. It was still really cloudy so it was kind of hard to see. But I've been through worst so it didn't bother me that much. While I was driving I looked in my right side mirror and saw a red Toyata truck behind me.

'Oh god...why a truck just why I guess it's merfy's law.'

The truck was dangerously close to my moped.

'What the deal man?!'

It was bumer to bumper and I was getting alittle worried. I need to get out of this person's way before he runs me over or something.

The truck was going to the right of the road to change lanes so I went to the left to get out of his way. It was going as plan I wasnt worried anymore.

But from no where.

"CRASH"

I felt an wave of pain from my side. I felt like I was hit or something. I didn't know what was happening. It happen to fast, I must've fell off my moped because I didn't feel the weight of the moped anymore. All I could feel was pain in my side and a soft, hard suface. I opened my eyes and saw a tire coming my direction. I stayed still in place. I felt something over my head quickly. After that I must've snapped back to reality. Omg I'm getting ran over by that truck! I need to get out of the way now! I then crawled quickly out of under the truck before the second tire hit my face. I breathed in and out.

'What happen?! Why was I under the truck?! Am I ok?! Why do I feel so dizzy?'

I touched the side of my head and I felt an liquid. I looked and it was a red colored liquid. I don't know why but when I saw that it was total darkness... I stopped breathing, stop thinking, it was just darkness. I felt nothing anymore, no memories from childhood, nothing...

'Is this the end for me?'

I woked up and I saw bright lights over my head.

'Where....where am I?'

I looked around and saw a girl looking down at me. I slowly tried to get up. But she stopped me. "Please don't get up madam."

I asked" What happen to me?" She said" You are at the hostipal right now and you were in a car crash." 'Omg I thought I was dreaming but it was real...'

I asked" Do I have any bad injuries?" She shooked her head and laughed" Only some Tire tracks on your head." I giggled with her and she said" You will be able to go home this afternoon."

I nodded and she lefted the room. Where I sat in the hostipal bed trying to think what happen.

If it didn't rain I would've died...if the truck went alittle more faster I would've died. But no im still alive. No injuries, alive and well. Maybe this is my second chance in life...maybe there is a bigger reason why I lived with no injuries. But the question is...what is the reason?

When we are young we live off fairy tales, stories of happiness and love. Princess and princes falling in love. Knights slaying dragons for love or wealth. Thats what we knew when we were young. Everything being right, having fun, having an family to live with all your life. But thats not reality. When we grow we learn that happiness, love, fun, is hard to find in life.

They do come around, but at most is sadness. Depression, lost, jealously, hatred, and not knowing how to handle life. This is what we know now, when we grow more and more, everything that we knew when we were younger change, then we change. Its hard, life can be really challenge for most, in all ways. People losing love ones, or getting abonded by them. Getting into drugs, great depression turning to suicides. Hundreds of people in the street homeless, has no where to go, no on to depend on, no hope for a better life.

This is part of our lives, some worst then others. Fights and killings where we thought was safe. Students from schools bringing weapons and killing others. Students bullying others, many having cancers and dieing from them, sexual harassment, and raping innocents. These are the hard knocks of life, not only school can there be hard knocks. Even now that we have been changing many things in society, some things will never change. We all had to go threw this and we can never stop it, because we dont have the power to.

But there is moments of happiness and love. Even though we all have had lost people we love, financial problems, hated, not wanted, we must live to see future moments of great happiness. Remembering all the moments with our love ones, going to movies with friends, having your first child, or getting promoted in your job. Just remembering all the good things of life, there will always be hope for all of us, maybe if we work hard, live strong, not let people put us down. just st maybe we can live just like what is in story books.

We just need to believe what is good for us, and not think of the hard knocks of life. Just remember don’t give up and there will always be hope for one and all.