I Got Hit by a Car
On April 22nd, 2018, I was hit by a car crossing the street. I had just left my apartment and was meeting a friend for dinner, but needed to cross the intersection to meet my Uber. As I was halfway through the intersection, I noticed a car still speeding toward me. With my reflexes dull from lack of necessity and disbelief, I stopped moving and stared down the car--when is the driver going to stop? Does he really not see me? He didn't, I soon realized, and in the split moment before we impacted, my life did not flash before my eyes, but I knew that this was it. I was going to die at 23, having amounted to nothing.