Teen Resource Guide - A

O NE TEEN’S STO RY

What’s up youth??
At age 14 I lost my life and was handed a new one. All because a teenage driver, a good friend, wanted to show off a bit. He had just received his license and came to pick up my twin brother, my younger sister and myself to go back to his family’s house for dinner. Less than a mile away he lost control, which is incredibly easy to do, and slid into a telephone pole at over 70 miles an hour. I took the brunt of the impact. I’m 26 now and just had my 22nd surgery. My life is no joke guys… We’re coming up on the 12th anniversary of the crash and there’s times where I still cry at night. I hope that life is treating you all very well. If not, well, it’ll get better. Life is supplying you with strength for what lies ahead. Even though I never asked for it, life sure gave me quite a bit of strength. I’m very thankful though. I feel so much pain on a day to day basis that I have learned how to place myself in a fantasy world from time to time. I know that some of you feel me when it comes to that. Although, when I’m in the real world I have learned how to live less for myself. I chose to be this way because of how much I have suffered. It gives my injured body and messed up mind a sense of purpose, a feeling of power. I used to hate my life until I began to appreciate the fact that I have been to hell and back and am still here. We all have one life people!!! We have one life to be as great as we can be, one life to leave the biggest footprint we can, and one life to show people who we are and what we stand for. Would you really want to waste it being a statistic due to a crash…? I hope not, so take your time with learning how to drive. If you would like to follow my journeys in life please do. You can Google Tyler Presnell and see plenty. Or follow my blog and check for updates on my website. I really hope that all of you get the chance to hear me in person one day. http://www.tylerpresnell.blogspot.com/ http://www.tylerspeaks.org/ Thank you, Tyler Presnell

Teen Resource Guide

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