by Lajoy Hill

Created on: September 18, 2009   Last Updated: September 19, 2009

I must say that 2009 has been a rough year. Many times this year I have wanted to throw my hands in the air and scream "I GIVE UP!", but then I look at my one year old daughter and realize that giving up is not an option. On New Years day my husband and were barely speaking to each other. By March we were separated. Not only was I having problems in my personal life, my job was very stressful. It would take everything in me to get out of my car to go into the building for work. Quiting the job was out of the question because my daughter and I needed health insurance. And with today's economy who would quit their job? In May I got laid off and my daughter and I were left without insurance and I was worried. I refused to give up so I got a temporary job and a part time job to try to make ends meet. My best friend allowed us to move in with her and things were starting to look up. But my husband and I were always arguing and the stress seemed like it was going to take me out. By August 4th the divorce papers were filed. I thought this was about as bad as it was going to get. Boy was I wrong.

On August 10th while driving to work a truck swerved into my lane and to miss the truck I swerved into oncoming traffic. I was hit by three cars and ended up in the hospital with a broken neck, a broken wrist, fractured wrist and ribs, a lacerated liver, and fractured bones in my lower back. I had to have emergency surgery on my neck and was placed in a halo vest. I lost both my jobs and my car was totaled. And to make matters worse I could not take care of my daughter so she had to go stay with her father. In a matter of seconds my life was turned upside down. I needed assistance with everything from sitting up in the bed to giving myself a bath. But my faith in God would not allow me to give up. I am a firm believer that nothing can happen to you unless God allows it to happen. If God allowed it to happen He was going to help me get through it. I have to hold on tight to my faith. It was hard trying to adjust to wearing the halo vest and even harder watching my baby cry for me to pick her up and I couldn't. But by faith I know that the halo will come off and so will the cast and splint that are on my wrists. My ribs, liver, and lower back have already healed and I'm able to do more things for myself. It's been over a month since the accident and I'm doing well. If I had chosen to give up who knows where I would be? I have so much life to live and that's why giving up will never be an option.

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