(Spinal Cord Injury)
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I had been working at ALCO in Newton for almost a year. I had just gotten another job with Alumbuagh & Baise doing yard work and what not, on rentals around town, and I’d start May 18th on a Tues.
It was the Friday before I’d start my new job, and my boss at ALCO asked me if I could go and help him work at another ALCO in Hillsboro (30 min. away) on the 19th. I said I would.
I had talked to my girlfriend and she said she had a dentist appointment, in the same town, on the 18th, the day before I would go there to help my boss. I saw an opportunity, or so I thought!
Now the difficult part, my parents! They’re pretty strict in this area. I lied and told them that my boss needed help the 18th AND 19th. This way I could go meet my girlfriend for lunch the 18th, and my parents wouldn’t know. I even asked my boss to lie to my mom if she called me at work the 18th; he kind of agreed.
I made plans to meet my girlfriend for lunch in Hillsboro, the 18th. And since I had to supposedly “work” that day. I had to be there at 8:00 in the morning. I left, but just went riding around the lake all morning until lunch. I did get to meet her for lunch, but was almost late for my new job. It started at 1:00 PM.
At my new job, I would start out just mowing. My new boss showed me everything I needed to know in order to do the jobs. I had been working 2 ½ hours, before my accident occurred.
As I was mowing straight toward Sand Creek, I was supposed to make a right turn, and then mow beside it. But the front tire started going down the edge. It was about a twelve foot drop down to the water. While I was going down with the mower, I decided it would be best if the mower did not land on me. I dove off of it and landed in the water. But to my little knowledge, the creek was only two feet deep. You guessed it; I hit my head on the bottom, and cracked my neck. That severed my spinal cord, and I became paralyzed.
You’re probably wondering why I told you that little story about meeting my girlfriend that day. Well for a long time after, I had the idea that God was punishing me for lying to my parents. But if you think about it, if God punished people for certain things they do, everybody would be in a wheelchair, or worse! But I do believe God let it happen for a reason, even if I don’t know that reason yet!