Fascinating photo, right? But stop & take a minute to read this post despite the ugly photograph.
This is a picture of a crack in my fender above my front tire on the drivers side.
Earlier this week I was driving home after dinner with a dear friend when an idiot decided to sideswipe my car on the interstate because he was about to miss his exit. Instead of slowing down to go behind me, he speeds up to try to pass me on the left to go in front of me but fails & hits me! Going 65 mph. The idiot didn’t slow down or pull over & sped off barely making his exit. This could have been a horrible accident but thankfully all Benny {my truck} suffered was a few scratches.
All this to say, so many things that happen to us are beyond our control. I was just driving along & wham.
What matters is how we respond.
My initial response of yelling in anger (even though he couldn’t hear me) & honking my horn was understandably justified. I didn’t want to crash! And if I’m completely honest, I wanted to chase him down {scenes from Bond movies quickly flashed thru my mind!!!} but I was way past the exit & who am I kidding? I probably would have caused an accident myself trying to chase him down!
I didn’t pull over to see if Benny was okay because she was driving fine & she wasn’t making any crazy noises. The only thing I could do was drive home.
I pulled into my driveway & the anger I felt for the last 10 minutes was quickly washed away with gratitude. I was so grateful to be in my driveway & not stuck in what could have been a crashed up Benny on the interstate. I walked in my house overwhelmed with gratefulness & relief as I hugged my husband & kissed my kids goodnight.
Home is where everything comes back into focus.
When something happens beyond your control, just take a deep breath & drive home.
Tracey says
I thought last year was the year of WHOA! I’m so thankful you and Benny are safe. Yo have great driving skills to maintain control while getting hit at 65 mph!