Blog number seven... I really wanted to write about this subject because it means a lot to me. Many of you guys probably know, maybe not all of you though. January 21st of 2018 my close friend, Hannah Blankenship, from Corning died in a car accident. It was tragic, she had fallen asleep or passed out at the wheel from what the doctors think was a concussion from her basketball game that Friday night. (She passed away that Sunday) I remember sitting in my room after church debating if I should take a nap or not when I got a phone call from my friend Phoebe. She said, “Lotti is Hannah okay? People keep posting RIP Hannah, what’s going on?” And I remember laughing. Literally I started laughing because I knew it had to be some kind of stupid, sick joke. Next think I know I’m on the phone with a girl from Hannah’s school and she confirmed to me that hannah had passed away. Without thinking twice I ran downstairs as fast as I could to my dad. He looked confused because I was crying hysterically. He asked me what was wrong at least five times before I could gather myself to answer. After he heard the news, we sat and cried together for what seemed like hours. We decided to go to church that night to pray and ask our church family for prayers because we and hannah’s family needed it. I remember crying so much I couldn’t cry anymore. It was like trying to scream but my mouth was stitched shut. January 21st was a hard day, but it wasn’t as hard as the days that followed. It’s always easier with people there but at night when I was alone with my thoughts were the hardest. Seeing so many people who did my friend wrong at her funeral infuriated me, I had so many mixed emotions, I couldn’t handle myself. But I found a way to deal with my anger and sorrow. Jesus is the reason I was able to get through losing one of my closest friend I had ever had.
-lotts. (To be continued)
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