Nothing like a near death experience to open your mind and realize that life is too short to dwell on small things and live life to its fullest potential.
Yesterday was my near death experience that has made me thankful that I'm alive. I'm still shook up from it and am very happy that my experience didn't cause any harm to me. It was an extremely close call is what it was.
I was heading to work. It was wet and gloomy out. I have to be at work for 6 AM and so with that said it means it was also still dark out. The sun was still sleeping behind the mountains. There was no standing water to cause an accident such as hydroplaning or fishtailing. I'll explain in a moment as to why I brought those two up.
I never trust semi trucks and often avoid them like a plague. Yesterday morning, I tried, but the traffic didn't allow it. I was stuck on the right side of the truck, side-by-side. I was heading north and about to hit the west bound exit when the trucker last minute put his turning signal on. I was hoping he saw me and then he'd wait to get behind me, but he didn't.
What the luckiest part of this whole accident is that the trucker realized he hit something and immediately went back into his lane.
The next part was extremely upsetting for me. I see it as fleeing the scene, but the hwy patrol gave the trucker the benefit of the doubt. The trucker said he took the eastbound exit because he was looking for a place to pull over. I followed him until I could get his plate & truck # info. I called my husband from the call features the car has and had him write that information down in case the guy kept going.
Finally he stopped and I was able to get the hwy patrol to report this.
The whole thing could have been worse. I could have lost my life and the car could have been totaled. I walked away without a scratch, just shook up enough to flare my asthma. The car just has a small tear in the skin of the car by the left back tire. Very minor repairs needed.
Today, I'm very grateful to be alive. It has opened my eyes to realize how short life really is. I need to spend as much time with the people I love so much that I haven't lately. I need to tell those I love how much I love them and let them see it. I don't want to leave this world with any one of those people not knowing how much I appreciate them in my life.
Today I will start appreciate everyone I have in my life and do whatever I can to spend time with them. Even though yesterday was the most scariest day of my life, I'm grateful that it happened. It opened me up.
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