Every time we go one a road trip, Brad and I pray over our trip. We try really hard not to take our safety on the road for granted. Especially now that we have our lil' bit in the car. Car accidents are scary. Like, really scary. I've been in a few myself, but my sister has had it the worst. (More on that some other time.)
My mom and my sister go up to Connecticut a few times a year. Sometimes they drive, sometimes they fly. This June, they drove. My sister was driving in Virginia, when a car started coming into her lane. She was in the left lane, the offending car was in the right. My sister swerved to avoid the accident, hit the shoulder, came back onto the highway and then started fish tailing. They fish tailed, spun backwards, slid backwards diagonally across the highway onto the right shoulder, and when they were finally slowing down the van flipped over onto it's side. Jaimie was dangling in the air and my mom was on the ground side.
Thankfully, they were both completely fine. Quite a few people stopped and helped them. A trucker helped get Jaimie out of the car, then they helped get my mom out. The car that caused the accident? Kept driving. He probably never even saw them. Jerk. Jaimie ended up with a bruise on her knee and a sore back the next day. My mom was pretty shaken up, but not hurt.
When Jaimie text me to tell me what happened, I pretty much freaked out. She started with, "We're okay." and "We were in a car accident." I knew they were driving to Connecticut, so I also knew that meant they were in an accident on the highway. I called right away, but she was busy so she called me back later. I was home with the babe and immediately started tearing up. She called me later to tell me the whole story.
Later that night when I was talking to the hubs, I told him - "This is why it's so hard to be so far away." I've been feeling pretty homesick for a while and this just kind of sent me over the edge. I know it was a good choice for us to move, but I miss my family so much. Don't get me wrong, I love Iowa, I love our life here, and I love our family and friends here. Love it all. but it's not "home" and my family is still far away. It's been especially hard to be away from my family while I was pregnant and really hard now since little man is here. I wish my parents and my sister got to see Baby boy every week while he's growing. Sigh...such is life.
I just hope you guys know how much I love and miss you! and I am so thankful that God kept you safe!!
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