A Life Lesson Throughout life, there are certain points that you look back on and say “what was I thinking?!” or “could I have really been that stupid?” I assure you that I have a multitude of such memories, but the one that stands out in my mind was an experience that not only questioned my maturity or brain-power, but also changed the way I live my life to this day. I will never forget …showed first 75 words of 596 total…

…showed last 75 words of 596 total…to feel a stabbing pain in my right side was enough to tell me that something had gone horrible wrong. The seemingly insignificant decision of not fastening my seat belt cost me three broken ribs and a sprained wrist that still bothers me to this day. The irony lies in that I steeped into that car aspiring to be a grown up and, upon leaving I had matured quicker that I could have ever dreamed.