take the pledge

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Take the Pledge.

If you didn't do it years ago when Oprah was hot on 

the trail do it now.

I am referring to texting and driving.

What is it about humans that makes them think,

"Not me, I won't wreck if I text"

Then the worst happens and you may be facing

a family in a courtroom trying to explain how

you killed someone while texting.

It isn't like we have not saw and heard enough horror 

stories to know it happens.

I retook the pledge even though I took it years

ago. Why?

Because although I have kept my pledge to not text

and drive, I would be lying if I said I never checked

texts at red lights, while waiting for a train or bridge

or in traffic. Then before you know it

you are answering that text and nothing happens

so next time you might be a little braver 

and read while driving. 

I am done with it. 

I do not want to become one of the statistics

that the website speaks of.

Be a grown-up,

take the pledge, preach it to others

and be proud to say,

"I do not text and drive"