Prayers Needed

This category of post is never easy.

If you pay attention to local news, you may have heard the tragic story of the four Willoughby college students involved in a head-on collision near Athens County. One of those young men is my cousin, Rodney Hynd. His friend and driver was killed, as well as the driver of the other car. My cousin, with severe brain injuries, has once again been downgraded to critical condition. He is in a coma, on a ventilator, and has bleeding in his brain. Unfortunately, our family is on a “wait-and-see” schedule, as it could be 7 hours, 7 days, 7 months, until we know his outcome.

Most tragic of all is that my family is no stranger to this sort of trauma. Eerily similar, my aunt (my mom’s sister) was also victim in a fatal head-on collision at a young age (23). This happened many years ago — when I was in fourth grade — but I wish I could tell you those wounds ever healed in my family.

My mother is having nightmarish flashbacks. My brother in California wants to be home so badly by my cousin’s side — thinking he can “talk him back.” And well, our family is just a wreck.

I found myself praying already more in the last couple weeks than I have in years. Then tragedy strikes, which prompts my faith to take on a new direction. I am not an overly religious person, but in times such as these, I seem to find a calm.

Please pray for my family. And for my cousin, in hopes that he will have the strength to get through this. Also, thank you for everyone that has already reached out. It means more than you can imagine.

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