Hit & Run

Today goes down in history as the day I was literally involved in a hit & run. I still can't believe what happened, but I thank God for watching over Olivia, Gabe & me today because it could have been so much worse!

Here's my story... On Thursdays I always take my kids to my mother-in-law's house so that she can watch them while I work. I got to her house around 7:45am and it was still a little dark out, but it wasn't snowing yet. My mother-in-law lives on a residential street in town (around Parkview Main Hospital), but I always have to park in front of her house on the side of the street to unload the kids. I got out of my seat, closed my cardoor, unbuckled Olivia out of her carseat, and proceeded to put her coat on her before we went into Grandma Rhonda's house. Right as I was zipping Olivia's coat up, BOOM, my cardoor comes slamming into my body because a car hit my cardoor as this car was driving on the wrong side of the street at around 30mph. My whole body clenched and I fell to the ground screaming and crying out for help. I saw the dark colored car keep driving and then it turned onto Delaware. I was in shock and couldn't stop crying. I am so glad that Olivia and Gabe are safe and that I am not hurt worse than I am. A police officer came to the scene to fill out a police report and the EMS came but I ended up having Dan come to his mom's house to take me to the ER. Parkview ER was great and really all that is wrong with me is a little whiplash, left hip pain, some neck pain, head pain and I think my nose is broken, but nothing big.

It's interesting because I pray everyday for God to make me a shephard and to be able to use me to reach out to people and help touch lives, and here this happens. I can't help but to think about why this possibly happened, other than its part of HIS greater plan. Who knows about the person who hit me and I am not blaming them or anything, but who knows about their guilt they are living with and maybe that will help them turn to God. Just my 2cents on the matter.

I thank God for the gift of life and for keeping us safe in his arms today!