Yesterday the boys and I had a very close call on the way to karate. As we got to the end of our street (which is a lighted intersection) we waited to turn right because we had a red light and there was a big postal truck coming down the road we needed to turn on. As his light turned yellow he punched the brakes, but was going too fast (it rained all day, so the roads were slick). He should have just gone through the yellow light because he lost control and spun sideways....plowing right towards us. It looked like a train jumping the tracks...very scary! AND LOUD...the brakes were making this horrible screeching noise. I looked behind me and saw no one...so I put my car in reverse and pealed back a bit...knowing it was going to hit us...but hoping I could get far enough back to ease the impact. The boys FA-REAKED! At the last second the truck must of hit a slicker spot...because it did another half spin and nailed a telephone pole (ripping off it's hood) to the left of us. And then it stopped...about 50 feet from our car! But wait...there's more...then the telephone pole came down! It teetered this way and that....then it fell towards the truck and stopped right before it hit it. It had overhead lines connecting it over our heads to another power pole on our side of the street. Then that pole pulled toward us. By this point the boys were both sobbing from what they had seen. I sped around the corner as fast as my soccer mom minivan cold take us! By the time we turned like 40 people had run out of homes and businesses to help the truck driver. He looked alert and was getting out of the truck...so we drove off. The boys cried almost the whole way to karate. Nick stoped crying and said a prayer aloud for the drivers safety and for protecting us. He said..."Mom, I think God's hand came down and stopped that truck from hitting us". I think Nick's right! Thank you God...for keeping us safe!
It makes you think...like what if we hadn't forgotten their karate bag as we were pulling out of the driveway. We had to go back in the house and get it. That took at least 2 minutes. We would have been to that light before that truck ever got down the street. Then our car wouldn't have triggered that yellow light...and the truck would have been fine. There's a reason for everything...it's all God's plan. Maybe it kept me from greater harm further down the road.....or as the man gets checked at the hospital for his minor injuries...they will find something serious that needs to be dealt with... something treatable in it's early stages that he could have died from in a few months if gone untreated. Am I weird to think things like this? Stuff like this goes through my head alot.
Anyway...I hope you guys all had an uneventful day yesterday. Today the boys and I are headed to the dollar movies to see RV with Robin Williams...then to karate for double lessons. So I'll check back with you tonight.
picture taken of God's hand in the clouds....cool!
7 comments:
Thank goodness you guys are alright! There's nothing like a close call to realign your priorities and make you appreciate your family a whole lot more!
It is good to be reminded occasionally that God has everything under control and His angels are protecting us.
Love the cloud. It really does look like hands. Like they are saying "come to me."
Thank god you are okay, but i WOULD HAVE STOPED. To at least check on the driver!!
Did you mean to say stopped to check on the driver?
I wasn't sure since you spelled in incorrectly. :)
As I said in the story...he was getting out of his truck with at least 40 people around him. I'm not too sure that a woman with two sobbing...tramatized children in the car could have been much of a help...but maybe I'm wrong.
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