Being Raven's accident was in January 2010, she was halfway through her Junior year of High School. She was already getting excited about her first Prom, which was scheduled for May. She'd picked out the dress she'd hoped to get and had started saving her money to help pay for it. She'd only had her classring a couple of months, and with only a year and a half of high school left, she had big plans for her future, not knowing her time here would be unexpectedly cut short. Raven was one of five students from her class that never made it to graduation, as God had other plans. Two of the five students never made it to middle school. Padrick and I did out best to carry Raven on with her class. We attended her Junior and Senior Proms and her High School Graduation in her memory. As her cousin Shannon rolled across the stage in his wheelchair to get his diploma, he carried a picture of Raven with him in his lap, at my request. It was the only way we'd get to see her cross that stage. At what would have been her last prom, I carried a picture of her through the Senior Line-up with tears streaming down my face, just to make sure she was a part of it. We still have that picture of the prom dress Raven wanted so much to buy. As most of her classmates are now finishing up their 2nd year of college, Padrick and I are working to further our education in her memory.
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