A BIRTHDAY, YOU WISH NEVER TOOK PLACE

On December 13th, 2025, I was heading out for the evening to celebrate my 54th birthday. Sober, full belly from making myself a nice lil meal... I didn't get a mile away from the house, when I was riding down a road that is not well traveled or very populated at 10:15 p.m. at night. It was a dark night... I was doing about 30 mph, in which I think it's a 35 mph, but the road has some potholes so I usually drive it slow.

Then, from head on & quickly out of nowhere, I see lights. a grill, coming quickly in my lane, and I see no escaping it... Impact was eminent. Then, in that instant, everything i thought of or was thinking of, vanished, because your brain just took on new information... I felt nothing in that instant except for the inability to avoid what just happened...

The car was traveling about 15-20 mph over the speed limit., abruptly swerved into my lane, and when we collided, that gerthy thuddy mash of metal crunching sound, sunk instantly into my brain, and it's the last thing i remember...

IT WAS THIS BAD

No red or blue flashing lights, no EMTs, no recollection of anything ... I woke up about 10-12 hours later (about 10am Sunday morning) in the INTENSIVE CARE UNIT with :

a fractured sternum,

broken ribs, on both sides,

a head laceration,

fractured tailbone,

fractured pelvis,

broken right femur near pelvis, (needed surgery)

broken right wrist, (needed surgery)

About 60% of my body bruised & scraped from being thrown from my motorcycle...

My leg was in traction in order to perform surgery in the day to come. Two days later they did surgery on the wrist. For both surgeries, they required many screws and plating to put my bones back together.

So there I am.... My entire right side of my body seriously damaged with a slew of questions repeating on what happened to me... After 9 days in the ICU, when a thought came into my head...

LOST IT ALL IN SECONDS

Remembering that just 5 1/2 months ago, I lost everything I owned (about 90k) in the driver's side front tire blown on my 40' RV driving home to Florida... Clothes, tools, personals kitchenware, art supplies, musical equipment & instruments, another motorcycle. All contents. 20 years of hard work... GONE!

NOW, on my 54th birthday , THE LAST THING I OWNED... The project I poured my heart into, and SPENT 5 YEARS OF MY LIFE CREATING, IS GONE ALSO!!!

My friend Joni started me a GoFundMe after the RV wreck in July. I aimed to recoup maybe 30-40k of the 90+ I lost. I ran it for about 2 months. It only raised about $4,700. Which was great replacing power tools I lost. Buying clothing, food & using it for rentals and costs that come along with that. Once I felt the impact of that support from great friends, i no longer sought more funding.... I don't beg or know how handouts with normalcy. I don't ask for help much. I was embarrassed in a way, accepting this money... It was pride making me stop. I could not swallow my pride any longer. I figured I would be able to figure it out and GET IT ALL BACK, in time, thru hard work, and the grace of God .... So the GoFundMe page remained stagnant until just after this Motorcycle Hit n Run... WHY?

BECAUSE I BELIEVE I AM A MIRACLE OF LIFE AND THE GRACE OF GOD.

Look I've witnessed on a few occasions throughout my life REAL MIRACLES happen RIGHT before my eyes.

Now, I never really tried to control my world, since I was about 33 y/o, allowing God to show my the light or the path. He has closed good windows in my life, I questioned.... But in due time, even better ones opened, thanks to his grace.

Look, 70mph off the highway on a busy travel day, hitting no other cars as I crossed over the northbound lanes, off the shoulder, into the woods, taking out 25' of trees, I WALKED AWAY from that RV accident with a few gashes.

Yeah, here I am, busted up quite nice with 3-6 months, maybe A year of recovery time.... BUT GUESS WHAT? I am not paralyzed or brain dead or on some life support device after this accident...

IT'S JUST THAT SOMEBODY ALWAYS WORSE! Maybe no food or being homeless. Or having some terrible disease. Or living in a country with bombing & war consuming every day of your live.

I try to rank the important things in my life, on a grander scale, with those factors in mind, always try to help my fellow man, and just be the best person I can be, no matter what I'm faced with at the moment.

ATTENTION PLEASE:

THIS FUNDING EFFORT FOR THE HIT N RUN, HAD A BALANCE OF $4700, collected back In July and August 2025, to help from RV accident. It just made sense to atler the page details in Order to fit the current fund raising effort.

Thank you all for your time, interest, and support. I always speak with intentions always, driven solely by love, truth & helping my fellow man.

Sincerely and most appreciatively,

James Waskowiak Jr.

IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THIS GOFUNDME PAGE WAS STARTED IN JULY:

I was omw back from a trip to Pgh and totalled my RV, and everything i owned in it. About 90k I lost... My friend Joni started it up to help me recoup some necessities for living. I quit asking for help when it got to about $4700 roughly. I had replaced some of tools I lost, got some clothes, and other things I needed on a daily basis. I'm not one to ask for handouts or accept charity. I was back to work after 5 weeks healing and I figured I'd make it all back eventually, earning it myself. So, I never officially shut it off. Then this hit & run happened on Dec 13th. NOW I TOTALLY DID LOSE EVERYTHING! That custom bike was the last thing I owned. I actually thought about selling it at points to help get another RV, but couldn't. My heart wouldn't let me. I couldn't imagine someone else owning & riding it. So, now I have not only lost everything but I am severely broken from being hit by her. I had a REALLY BAD 2025 FROM JULY 3RD TO DEC 13TH... That is why the gofundme was started in July.