By Morgan Nalley
A few years ago A tragic event took place in my hometown in Idaho. A well known family experienced an awful accident in their home caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. The mother, father, and two youngest boys all died in their sleep due to the accident. The two oldest siblings were not home when this accident took place, they were both serving their church on a mission.
The oldest daughter, Jensen Parrish, took to blogging as a coping mechanism with all of the feelings that she had and is still having after the tragic accident causing the death of her family members. Her blog, "A New Normal," addresses emotions and daily challenges that she has faced since the accident. Although, she relates them to the tragic accident, she is still able to write them so others can apply her examples of thoughts, feelings, and advice to their own lives. She uses religion as a base reference in almost all of her blogs.
The reason that I follower her blog is because I find her advice helpful and her views of life very similar to my own. The reason I continued to go back to her blog when she first started it was because I attended high school with Jensen and my curiosity of her situation after the accident kept my concern and attention. Now, I continue to go back to her blog now seeking advice and hoping that she posts something that can help me with my daily struggles. She is inspirational and shows many strong characteristics that are easily desired by myself and others.
Morgan,
ReplyDeleteI do feel bad about the fact that this happened right in your own home town. Many of us seem to not think of such tragedies to hit our hometowns, but yet it happens. I find it awesome that you look to her as a way of advice. Sometimes in my life I wish I could just read something that is relating to my problem that I having, rather than asking someone. I am not much of people person which is the reason why I said that.