So just the other day I was thinking about how my life has seemed so uninteresting lately. Well.... I will never be sad about that again!
Today something VERY interesting happened to me that I would never like to do again. It started as an ordinary day.....
Woke up
Worked out
Took Lexi to preschool
Went to Allen to pick up my friends baby to bring her home with me
And then........... as I was driving home on the freeway my car kind of started to sound funny and I couldn't figure out what it was and then all of a sudden it let me know.
My car started going out of control. The back left tire blew out. My car was fish tailing back and forth across the entire freeway. 3 or 4 times I did at least a 180 if not more back and forth until finally I did a 360 and stopped dead center on the only spot I could have without getting hit by any cars. Now for those of you who know the area know that 75 in busy. There is always a stream of cars coming down that highway and 2/3 of them are Semi's. So the fact that I hit NO ONE or NO ONE hit me is a miracle! And the only reason I ended up where I did was because the Lord took control. One of the scariest things for me was the fact that I had my friends little girl with me. All of the worst scenarios were running through my mind. It took me a while to be able to talk about it and not burst into tears. Luckily some guys from a car dealership near by saw the whole thing and came over to help me and the McKinney PD wasn't to far behind.
So going back to the title of this entry I was just telling Dave that today could have ended up so different. To even think about what could have happened brings tears to my eyes. I guess it's good for us all to get a wake up call every now and then to make us reevaluate how we are living our lives. How can we do better and how grateful we should be for all of our loved ones in our lives. I'm grateful I had mine and pray that it never happens again and that no one has to go through what I did.
But I do hope we all can learn a lesson from it. You never know what will happen. It could all be gone in just a few seconds. So why not live your best life now, and even love and forgive those who we sometimes have a hard time loving or forgiving.Life is to short. So I challenge us all to be better and do better. I know I need to!
ps If you notice any tire tracks on the freeway between 380 and Wilmeth they would be mine.
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That's so scary! I'm so glad you are safe. Someone was definitely watching out for you. Do you know why your tire blew out? Was this while you were in your Honda?
Wow, DeLaine--that is sooo scary! It's like a worst nightmare come true. I'm glad that no one was hurt. You were definitely being protected, and what a blessing that there were people right there to help you after it happened. I'm so glad you're OK!! :)
DeLaine, i'm SO sorry, what a scary trip! I'm SO grateful it turned out the way it did, and I never would have thought a car would do that after blowing it's tire. glad you are safe.
Oh my freak! I almost started crying just reading it and thinking how much I fear things like that. I'm so glad to hear that everything turned out as it did.
I love you DeLaine! I just wanted to make sure I told you that in case if today you got stung to death by bees or like a big truck with concrete in it crashed and dumped it's contents on you--or some other FREAKISH accident like the one you experienced yesterday. I would hate it if you died not knowing that ;D
Thank goodness you're okay! (I'm not joking, for once.) That is so scary. I share some of your understanding with that. To keep it really brief, I was in a pretty bad accident once. Flipped over a small bridge and landed in a little river. It took about three years before I could talk about it without crying. The realization that you would be seriously injured or maybe even dead, if the Lord hadn't watched over you, is a pretty big thing. It's also a huge testimony builder that the Lord is really there.
That is freakin' frightening what you went through on a busy highway!
I'm glad you're still alive so I can keep insulting you (let's face it, though, you're way meaner than me...).
Yes, Life is short. For some...waaay too short. Give your loved ones an extra hug and kiss. Can't tell you how important that is! So glad that you and your little family are safe. Hugs, Donna
Wow! Glad you are okay, that would have scared me.
Holy cow! I am sooo glad you are okay. It truly is amazing how the Lord watches over us. I totally had a blow out on 75 a few months back and I'm still amazed that nothing happened, which is such a blessing because I was surrounded by semis. Glad you made it through- and ya, that definitely does make me appreciate an "uninteresting" life.
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