So Thankful

On Wednesday morning I texted Lindy to tell her what time I'd pick up Lyric for preschool. Before I got her response, I jumped in the shower. As I was getting out, my cell phone kept ringing. No one really calls me (because they know I'm a texter) and so I found it strange that it kept ringing.

Next thing I knew, Tucker was handing me his phone saying "It's Lindy...I think something's wrong".

My heart started beating and I went into "emergency mode".

I could hardly understand her but she mumbled something about Mike....in an accident...at the hospital....doesn't know anything else.

It was slow motion and so scary. By this point, he had left for work three hours prior and so it had been three hours since the accident! My dad came to pick her up, I grabbed Lyric and my mom grabbed Paxton.

Hours later, we heard the news. He was okay. Got 8 staples in his head, a few stitches and was re-gaining memory (he had lost it for a bit). But it was a miracle.

On his way to work, in the dark, he had suddenly came upon a big tractor in the road. Tried to miss it, but ended up spinning out in front of a suburban. It was a horrible accident.

So bad, in fact, that when Lindy went to look at the car at the junk yard later that day, she was shocked. It did not look possible that a human survived. The only part of the car that WASN'T smashed in was the drivers door. There was no trunk left and she couldn't even find the middle console. A pen that was in Mike's pocket shattered. And all he got was a minor laceration.

Besides a seatbelt and airbag, there is no doubt in my mind that angels were surrounding him. It was not his time to go yet and I believe we all have angels around us all the time. Protecting us, helping us...both in big/scary times....and in small, unknown ways.

Later that day, I could not help but think about the "what ifs" and how life COULD'VE been forever different. But it wasn't. We were shaken up, but still functioned pretty normal (except Mike having to take a week off work to recover). And it could have changed every aspect of life. Our hearts could have been heavy. Just like "that". So fast. There is no way to prepare for the next sudden curve in the road of life. But we CAN try to let those experiences change our perception of the present moment....and enjoy it (both good and bad). Mike....so incredibly glad you're still with us!