January 18, 2008, my life as I knew it changed forever. I was riding my bike in Los Angeles and was struck by a car. In a split second, my life was stripped from me. I pray it never happens to you. On that day, I was riding my bike to Hellen’s Bike Shop where I had started working part time, in between my BMX travels. I spent the next six months in the hospital, as I had severe traumatic brain injury, several broken bones and many other complications as a result of the accident. I required four brain surgeries, lung surgery, a trach, a feeding tube, two eye surgeries and many other