Thursday, November 20, 2008
A little good followed by some bad
This morning I got up a little early and decided to head the the next town up the road for a Chic Fil A breakfast. It was a nice surprise when I got to the window that the local bank and the Christian radio station had teamed up for random acts of kindness and was paying for breakfast for several people going through the drive thru. As I drove back to Springdale towards my all day meeting I was stopped at a stop light behind a truck when a high school boy rear-ended me from behind going about 50 MPH. I do not think he ever hit the breaks. He hit me into the truck infront of me. My car doesn't look too bad but the damage is worse than it looks. Radiator, fan, bumpers, and maybe some frame damage. I felt bad for the boy. He was really shaken up. The lady in the truck infront of me went to the hospital in an ambulance because she said her back hurt. I have some bruises and scrapes and my neck is sore but other wise I am fine. The kids car is totaled for sure. Both of his airbags went off. The boy's high school English teacher stopped and put him in her car because she said he was wondering around kind of lost. I was on the phone with 911 so I wasn't sure what he was doing. I went over to the boy and introduced myself to him, his English teacher, and his dad who was there by that time. The boy was so upset that I was a teacher. He seemed like he respected teachers and was upset that he had hit me. I hugged him and told him that stuff happens and that it was going to be okay. Davin came and kept me warm in his car and kept me company. It was such a blessing to have a free breakfast and that no one was hurt worse.
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Good perspective! I always hope that if I ever got in an accident that the other person would be understanding. He will talk about his first accident and about the lady that he hit and how nice she was for the rest of his life. Praying that you will have a full recovery and no lasting effects.
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