People we don’t know or may never know can have a tremendous positive effect on our lives. Sometimes we discount the emotional support family and friends can provide. The effects of a single moment in time could lead to a lifelong physical ailment, if not for the help of family and strangers. Having a strong bond with family and your community can make the difference that is needed to make it through a tumultuous time. Having to face a life altering accident on your own can be scary, but can be turned around in some of the most unexpected ways. Sometimes from people you never expected help to come from. During the annual spring strawberry festival in central Florida. Susan’s decision to place her daughter Julie on the farm animal ride would turn out to be a life changing decision for her young daughter. After the ride began, there were some loud noises that spooked the animals causing it to throw Julie from the …show more content…
She improved with each day doing more and more for herself, needing less and less help. They started going out with friends for dinner, movies and concerts anything they could to be out and social. Each day she got stronger and was walking better and better. After a few months the time came to remove the rods, the cast and to start the physical therapy. Julie responded to therapy very well, so her time in therapy was short. As she got back to her normal life she planned a big night out to celebrate being cleared by the doctor and being found to be fully recovered. Julie’s boyfriend picked her up and they went to dinner and out to see a movie, after which they drove to a secluded road in the country. After talking for a while, Julie asked her boyfriend to join her in a dance beneath the street light. It started to rain be she did not care for once in a long time she felt normal