narrative

Jeremiah Blackmon
Gregg
English 101
02 October 2003

A Life Changing Event

One year ago this week was the worst event that has ever taken place in my life. I wrecked the car I had put five years of hard work into. This event changed my life for the better in a rough way. The crash caused the car to flip seven times at 85 mph and in the process it threw me from the car. After the crash I have realized my place in this world. I couldn’t live my life based on materialistic things.
On October 12, 2002, I had just gotten my 1969 Chevelle back from the transmission shop after building the new motor for the car. I had saved for over a year to install the new drive-train in it. The sole purpose of the new motor was race only. Early on in the afternoon I fueled up and washed it at the car wash. It was there when I met up with a friend of mine who wanted to ride in the car with the new motor. So I took him to his house to show...