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Black Ice on the Road of Life

Black Ice on the Road of Life

It is amazing what life can do to you. Some people have their life all planned out, from what they are going to wear the next morning to where they are going to be working ten years from now. It is amazing how well planned out some people have their lives. However, in any situation there is a chance for the unexpected to happen. If or when it does, even the best made plans must sometimes be reviewed and revised or completely scrapped and planned anew from a different point of view which takes into mind the circumstances.
I had my life all planned out by the time I was 12. I did not think that anything would change my course or “put a bump” smack dab in the middle of my road of life. I found out that you have to be flexible. Very flexible in fact.
Just four short years after I had my “life map” down on paper, my mother needed to have serious surgery on her back to correct a two decade old inj...

Posted by: Arianna Escobar

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