Do you ever wonder about what would have happened differently in your life if you had only changed one little thing?
Yesterday afternoon the hubby and I were taking it easy, just sitting around listening to the Chiefs game on the radio. We needed to go to the store and pick up something to cook for dinner and, well, knowing how the Chiefs have been playing lately we decided to run our errand before the game was over. One little thing.
I could have not gone back for the phone. One little thing.
I could have waited to close the lights on the cold frame until we got home. One little thing.
I could have not taken a moment to take off my jacket and put it in the back of the truck. One little thing.
We decided to take a little scenic drive before we went to the store which was in the opposite direction of the store. One little thing.
We weren't even a mile away from the homestead, on a straight stretch of road, good driving conditions, when the car driving towards us drove off into the soft shoulder on their side of the road, and instead of easing the car back into her lane, the young woman drastically overcorrected by whipping her car back onto the road and right into our driving lane.
Fortunately Bob and I both saw what was happening and he was able to stomp on the brakes but not in time to avoid a direct head on collision.
(Sorry… we didn't realize the phone camera was set to sepia.)
YES! We had our seat belts on and the air bags deployed but we're both VERY sore.
The young woman in the other car says she'd looked down at her radio and went off the road. One little thing.
She was very shaken up and we think she either broke her leg or her ankle. Other than that she was ok even though they don't think she was wearing her seat belt. One little thing.
Our truck is totalled and so is her car. Unfortunately she doesn't have any insurance but… trucks and cars are replacable. All the "stuff" that got damaged from the accident is replaceable. People are not replacable!
A traumatic accident like this certainly makes you take a moment to give thanks. We were the only other car on the road when she lost control. Any one little thing that we could have done differently would have avoided putting us in the wrong place at the wrong time.
When we talked to Bob's Mom that night she says she prays for us everyday but she must not have prayed hard enough. We disagree. We walked away with only bruises and soreness. Who knows? If we hadn't been there at that time perhaps she would have flipped her car or ran into a tree and died?
We've spent the time since expressing how much we love one another and how thankful we were that we were both alive and well.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner it's the perfect time to take a moment to tell your family and friends how much you love and care for them.
Things can change in a heartbeat!
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. Although, like most movies, it's not completely accurate (are they ever?) I think it does a good job of depicting how the Indians were gradually overwhelmed by the white man's expansion of the west. 
