Kendall didn't have school today, so I decided to pack up the kids and meet Brian in Muskegon for lunch and then stop to Meijers to pick up a couple of things on the way home. So anyway we all went to Pizza Hut, which was an experience in itself. ( Note to self: don't try to take 3 tiered kids out to lunch at nap time when they all decide to wake up at 6 am) Afterwards the kids and I were headed to meijers. What happened on the way will be one off the events that I will always look back at and know that someone was watching over me and my kids. I was getting off the highway and waiting at the red light to turn Left onto M-120. The light turned green, I looked and all the traffic going the opposite way was stopped. I started to turn and all of the sudden there was a car coming straight at us going at least 50 MPH. I knew that this car was going to go right through the red light and right into the back drivers side of my van where Ryleigh was sitting. What happened next I really can't explain, it's like my body responded before my brain even had time to think. If I would of tried to stop, by the time I would of been able to stop I would have been right in the path of this car, so I just stomped on the gas. All I could hear next was tires squealing as I accelerated and the car behind me hit her brakes. I barely made it through before this car went speeding through the red light without even slowing down. Somehow I held it together until I made it to Meijer's parking lot, where I just broke down. Even to think of it now makes me start to shake. If I wouldn't have looked that way at the exact moment I did I know that the car would have hit me. Like all mothers, one of my greatest fears is something happening to one of my kids, so to think of what would of happened if we would of been hit makes me sick to my stomach. It was the weirdest thing because I was standing outside my car bawling my eyes out and hugging Ryleigh, when the lady who was behind me at the red light pulled up beside me and asked if we were alright. She was also very shook up. We did end up going into Meijer's to do our shopping. The whole time I was shopping I just kept thinking about how different things could of been at that very moment. Needless to say, two little girls got very spoiled at Meijer today. They ended up talking me into just about everything they asked for, which included, among other things, Bratz Pez dispensers, these Hanna Montana Yogurt drinks, and a new cage for their gerbils. I walked out of there with about 3 times the amount of things that I went there to get, but it didn't matter one little bit, I was just so thankful.
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Oh my gosh Lisa, how scarey, it gave me goose bumps reading it. Close calls really do make us think about what is important in life. We are blessed with our children and we should not take one moment for granted. We all need to remember that and not worry so much about the small stuff. Give Ryleigh a huge hug from me. Love all you guys....
Wow!! Isn't it amazing how close calls really make us look at things in a different light??? I'm SO glad you guys are all ok!! How scary that must have been for you!! I would have spoiled the kids too - just because I had the opportunity to do so!!
Enjoy today!!
Love ya!
~Lea
I have heard it said that to get our attention, God sometimes throws little "pebbles" at us and occasionally, when He thinks we need it, He tosses a BIG "rock" at us to put things in perspective and give us a bit of a wake-up call. I think close calls like that are our Big "Rocks"! It IS amazing how in seconds our lives can change SO drastically.
I am so glad you are safe and your kids are spoiled.
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