There is a State Farm ad that says that teens are 10 times more likely to get into a crash in their first year of driving and the sweetest thing about being 16 is getting to celebrate 17. Today is Alyssa's 17th birthday and I am so greatful we are able to celebrate it. But at 1:00PM, we have to go to the funeral of her friend Macy who was killed 2 days ago in a car accident on the way to school to take her exam. She ran off the right side of the road, overcompensated and ran across the middle line in a curve into oncoming traffic. She was on her cell phone. She won't celebrate her 17th birthday.
