matched

i'm a match!?!?!?!?

for those of you that don't know i was contacted to be a "match" a bone marrow donor "match"

over the next few posts i will be telling my story of how the girl who is terrified of needles,

signs up to be on the bone marrow registry.
here's the how:

kinzey was working on her young womens project {for those of you who don't know what
personal progress is, but want to know, click here}

a lady in our home ward named Phyllis just was diagnosed with cancer.

she was needing a bone marrow transplant  so kinzey set up a bone marrow drive with 

be the match kinzeys goal was to get 70 people signed up

i'd told her before the actual drive to not even ask me

because i didnt want to tell her noand then i didnt want to feel bad about not
saving someones life
so she didnt ask me.
... until about 4:00 that day. 

the drive was over and she had 69 swab kits done and ready to be sent she called me up

"tay, please i just need one more!"

with a little bit of convincing i would never be chosen, i swabbed my cheeks. 

i filled out what needed to be filled out and with a nervous stomach, 

gave it back to her. 

"if i ever get matched i will hurt you so bad"
is what i was thinking. who knows if i actually said it or not.

phyllis ended up not needing a match from our ward because she was "matched" with someone
 like the next day.

not even five months later, i was donating my bone marrow

but we won't go into that just yet. the story is just beginning! 

i got this email from "bethematch.org" thinking it was just an email they sent out

showing you what it would look like if you were ever "matched"

i sent a group text out to my mom, brit, and kinz 

asking them if they got one similar "awesome!" "oh my gosh that's so cool tay!" 

"you get to save someone's life!!" are some of the texts i got back.

oh crap

i was the only one to get this email?  i started freaking out

maybe i just won't email them or call them back

they would just forget about it, right?

what am i thinking?! 

i can't possibly say "no" to saving someones life just because i was simply "afraid of needles"

no.

if this was me, or someone i loved i would want that 20 year old girl

who was terrified of needles to suck it up and save a life!!

i knew i had to do this. 

so i called the number it told me to and with all i had, i said i was willing and able to donate.

my stomach was in my freaking throat. 

what am i doing?!

i said a quick prayer to help me not cry on the phone.

i told the lady i was scared of needles  and she kind of questioned me

like.. is this girl crazy?!

haha.

i told her the story of how i was kinda talked into it and how i thought i would never be chosen or
 "matched" with anyone, ever.

for pete's sake, my mom has been on the registry for 25 years and has never
 gotten an email about it. 

so i thought i would be in the clear too.

i am pretty sure Heavenly Father was laughing up in Heaven thinking 

"tayler, i'll make you not scared of needles, you just wait."