A few weeks ago I was on my way to my (already rescheduled) massage appointment when my husband called me to let me know that he had gotten into a car accident.
My husband has a 100% perfect, spotless driving record. Not a single ticket, no parking violations, nothing. As he was passing the local high school, a student pulled out of the parking lot, unable to see him past a parked car, and even though he slammed on his breaks, he and my two oldest kids collided with the driver door of the other car. Everyone was okay, by first appearances. A teacher and a few other students came running as witnesses. The police came, the paramedics came, and I, honestly pretty unhappy to have to be cancelling my appointment, rushed to my screaming babies. The paramedics checked on the kids and determined they were not injured. I was so relieved. Fast forward to today when my husband had to use a rental car while his truck is getting a new bumper (thanks other people’s insurance). So here I am, exhausted from a very long, stressful day, about to go install car seats in a rental car. Sometimes I just don’t know or understand why the universe puts these events in our way, and boy are they unexpected and sometimes cause a lot of frustration. But I imagine how our situation could be far worse, and even though it’s the very last thing I want to do, I’ll go and install the car seats to continue keeping my babies as safe as I possibly can. Even though I can’t control much, this is one thing I can.
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Hannah Langosch
3/22/2022 08:47:33 pm
That must have been such a scary phone call to receive. I'm glad everyone is safe!
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Sara T.
3/24/2022 11:19:53 am
Although the massage was postponed, there definitely could have been much worse scenarios that came out of this incident for all parties involved. We witnessed an accident at an intersection two weeks ago and Lydia still has not stopped talking about it. It was the best lesson I could give them of why we buckle up before driving. And dang... some things are just outside of our control. You nailed it, that installing car seats properly IS something in our "Zorro Circle".
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