Sometimes college can become more of an adventure than you could have ever imagined. For a friend of mine who I have known since we were both very young kids his experience while in college has become a very sad situation as well as the most uplifting journey he has ever known. His story started long before he came to college, when we were both still young kids in grade school.

When we were in seventh grade his parents got divorced. This experience changed him forever because even I remember this being quite a painful set of circumstances for everyone involved. We would do sleepovers at each one of the houses and there was always the atmosphere that the other house did not exist . It was strange for me but for him it must have been utterly heartbreaking. This is basically the same way it was up until the day we graduated and from there we both went our separate ways to go to school.

Last summer he had finished his first year and went on a road trip by himself just for fun. This vacation however ended with him getting in to a car accident which left him paralyzed. He dropped out of school that fall because he had no desire to take his classes from home, which became his mother's house. He did nothing but physical therapy for the whole year and I visited him as much as I could and it was very sad.

To try and cheer my friend up this year I have a plan for him that I think will change his whole outlook on everything/ He has decided to go back to school in the fall so I have planned a road trip for us to his favorite festival. I have found places that have ride away handicap vans. Getting handicap vans is probably the hardest part of the whole trip but this should be exactly what he needs to get him out of his funk. Since I started planning this trip his parents have actually been the ones helping me with the mobility van sales Ohio search so we can get him something permanent as well as a big birthday present for him when he gets back from the vacation. All in all I think that this should be a pretty amazing experience for him and I hope it is as much a journey for him as I already envision it to be for us all.