Name: Emilie Penick
From: Lewisburg, Ohio
Votes: 0
I
didn’t get to say goodbye
By:
Emilie Penick
I
didn’t get to say goodbye. I’m up here looking down at what I
left behind. The pain is filling my heart as my tears are filling my
eyes. I’m watching the police officer walk up to my house. He
knocked on the door, as he proceeds to tell my family that I was in
an accident because of a distracted driver. My mom walks away and
sits down. Her hands cover her face as she begins to start crying.
As
tears fall down my face, I yell as loud as I can, “I’m sorry!”
Now
watching my dad as he stares at the officer telling him “I need to
see her” I have to see my daughter, please!”
My
heart drops, “Dad I’m here, Dad!”
My
brother runs to the back door and out to the cornfield. As he begins
to scream out, “No!” with tears that can’t stop running down
his face as he now knows his little sister isn’t coming home this
time. I look down at my family and see how much agony and suffering
there is.
Even
though they can’t hear me, I want to tell them “I’ll miss you,
and I love you.” I never did say it enough to any of them. Most of
all, I want them to know that I’ll be ok. Now, because of a young
teenager that decided to text and drive my brother will never be able
to see me run another cross country meet. My dad will never be able
to help me move in to college. My mom will never help pick out my
wedding dress. All because the other driver had to tell his friend
he’s on the way four little words that made a big impact. It’s
not worth taking a life. There are many ways to solve distracted
driving such as texting friends/ family ahead of time or just pulling
off to the side of the road if the text is that important. It’s a
simple act that can save many. Please, put down your phone and keep
your eyes on the road, or else you might not be able to say goodbye
too.
