today, i was out of school. but we were supposed to
have a game tonight. it was sr night. i got up and was
sitting in the living room when whitney texts me and
says that 5 of the cheerleaders have been in a bad
wreck. she was at the salon gettin her hair done so
i called darla, our sponsor. darla was crying so hard,
i could hardly understand her. it scared me to death.
through out the day, i heard several different stories,
seeing as paragould is a small town and word gets
around quick. but the final story is that abby was driving
allie, ginger, whitney whelchel, and drew home from
practice at acc in jonesboro. around brookland, a car
pulled out in front of abby and she t-boned them. the
girl in the car was killed. abby and allie were in the front
and are ok at st bernards in jonesboro. whitney had to
be cut from the car and was imediately air lifted to memphis.
the crash broke her neck and arm and she is undergoing
plastic surgery to correct the injuries to her face. she is
on life support. drew, my smile, my best friend was not
wearing his seat belt and was thrown to the windshield.
he suffered from head injuries. his skull is cracked and he
is bleeding into his spinal cord. his arm and a few ribs are
broke. he was not able to be air-lifted due to the head injuries
and pressure change. ginger was in serious condition, but
at st bernard until they realized her brain was swelling. so
they drove her to memphis as well.
im close with all of them and upset. but everytime i think of
losing drew, my heart breaks. he has gotten me through so
much when hes been going through worse things. he is only
15, and has so much more life to live. but his life is in gods hands,
which he recently gave his heart to as well. i love this boy soo
much i cant bear the thought of him hurting. ive been crying histericaly
in fits all day. and its almost more than i can take. i am going
down with whitney tomorrow to memphis to be with him. i want so much
to tell everyone to pray that he lives, but that would be selfish. as much as
it makes me sick to think about, i dont know gods will for drews life,
therefore i cant ask to change it. i guess my faith in god will just have to
prevail, and know that everything happens for a reason. as cliche
as it sounds, you just dont realize how much you love someone until
theres threat of losing them. i dont guess i even knew my heart could
love someone so much.
please, just everyone pray for all of them. abby will be dealing with alot.
even though it was not her fault. allie will as well. ginger has a lot going
for her as does whitney. they are both beautiful girls. and drew has so
much love to give. just pray that gods will is done, and when it is, he gives
us strength to get through it.