Donor

so i just wrote a beautiful blog entry about organ donation but my computer shut itself off unexpectedly... so i am writing it again

Organ donors can touch so many lives... about two years ago a couple of men came to talk to my Med bio class in High school. at first they just seemed like a couple of reps sent by the organ sharing network to promote organ donation. It wasn't until later when they reviled their true identities. one man had received a donated heart from a 16 year old girl who died in a car accident. The other man was the father of a 26 year old woman whose organ were donated after she was taken off life support following a train crash. they spoke very passionately as they explained their personal stories. it was touching to hear them speak and i started to consider becoming an organ donor myself. later that school year a fellow student in my high school passed away after collapsing on the field during a football game. he was a pretty popular guy and athlete. his passing received a lot of attention by the press. it was later revealed that he had suffered from a brain aneurysm. His family made the decision to have his organs donated. that following June i renewed my drivers license i checked the box that made me an official organ donor.

When I die I want at least a small part of me to keep living rather that be through my children and/or through my donated organs. when I used to think of organ donation i was always weirded out by the aspect of sharing organs. As i grew to understand the good that comes from organ sharing i realized that it is truly an amazing act. At times i can be a little selfish but this is truly me being selfless. so many people die waiting for organs to be donated to them, it's truly sad. I know that if i were dying of heart failure or something like that i would pray that someone would have it in their heart to donate their gift to me. When i donate i hope to touch as many lives as i can. it's not often that a regular person can say "I will save someone's life someday" and be completely confident in that statement. You never know who will end up with your organs when you donate but i do secretly hope for one thing, whoever receives my donated gifts will continue living and I from where ever it is we go after we die will be able to live that life with them. Seeing all the beauty that the earth still holds though I am gone. Enjoying their every sunrise and sunset with them until their final days on earth. When my time here is finished that doesn't mean i can't still contribute to new life. CONSIDER BECOMING AN ORGAN DONOR TODAY <3