Life Changing

(I decided to put dialogue to help support this story)

I had just gotten out of the shower that night. I saw a missed call from my aunt and thought, "she's probably just going to ask why I didn't come down last week". I decided not to call her back.

I finish my hair and I hear my stepmom calling for me. I try to finish what I'm doing and I'm starting to leave my room, until my stepmom walks in. She turns me around and tells me to sit on my bed.

"Am I in trouble or something?", I ask scared.

"No, Haley, you're not in trouble.", she replies. "I need you to stay calm though and not worry, but your grandparents and cousins were in a car accident."

Everything's blurry. I can't reply. I try to process, but I can't, and a few tears leave my eyes.

Fast forward to later that night. I stand outside pacing, waiting for news.

"Your grandparents are on their way to the hospital, they're flying them in a helicopter.", says my stepmom.

"And my cousins?" I ask, more worried.

"They're in an ambulance being taken to the hospital, we don't know what's wrong yet."

Oh my gosh. Is this it? Is this how I lose all the people closest to me?

No.

Throughout the next day, I get updates on them. My 7 year old cousin had a brain bleed, my other cousin had a broken collarbone, and my grandparents had tons of issues.

I found out later on that my grandma had flat lined. I cried even though I knew she lived through it. I talked to my grandma and she told me what she remembered. She remembers when she flatlined, someone in her subconscious was telling her that she was strong, that it wasn't her time, and that she wasn't going to die today.

We're a religious family, but my grandma has NEVER lied to me. She's my person. We don't lie to each other. When she told me what she remembered, I was so happy. To me, she is my miracle, because if I had lost her, I would've been devastated.

During the period of time where they were in the hospital suffering and near death, I thought of what I would do if she died. How could I live without her? I wasn't ready to let go. I wanted to die with her.

She ended up living, they all did. My grandparents were in critical condition, bordering death, and something told my grandma to hang on. After that, I know she's going to be alright.