I don’t remember the exact moment that changed my life 9 years ago. Call that a side effect of falling through Ice and into a river. For some reason the water was able to send an electric shock through me, burning a small hole in my memory. And even though I don’t remember anything that happened I was told the story a dozen times so it’s like my own memory. I see it perfectly; I’m at Rosenburg Apartments where I and my mother used to live in North Carolina. I’m playing outside in the little snow we had gotten that year with my sister whose name is Jocelyn) when we spot the river. (It was more of a small pond, but either way, it was still frozen over.) My sister Jocelyn was 13 and I was 6 at the time but of course, we still had adult supervision. Our Mother stepped inside for a quick second to make us some sandwiches for when we were done playing outside. Jocelyn on the other hand wanted to play Follow The Leader with me so I agreed unknowing of what it was until she has just explained the rules to me. Mid-game she runs across the pond but even though I was uneasy about it, I ran across with her. But it wasn’t enough to hold my weight. I fall through the ice and even though it was a small pond and only at least 3 feet shallow, 6 years old me wasn’t prepared for this. Bob the maintenance guy used a defibrillator on my heart because the electric shock I talked about stopped my heart. I was knocked out (above water because my sister has a brain.) and my sister was getting our Mother. I only remember my hair being slightly wet and me pretending to sleep while my family prays next to the bed. Luckily I was only in the hospital for 1 day. The doctors did their tests and concluded that my heart only took a 4-5 minute nap. Luckily I was fine. Although I thought I would never live, luckily I did which Im happy about....unhappy about follow the leader though-