A BIG BAD BOULDER...

My night time routine with Erika is always special BUT tonight a little more special than normal. On the way into work this morning a large boulder came flying at my car. I was in the fast lane of the main highway that I take and there was a large truck about 4 or 5 cars up in the middle lane. Next thing I know, this hunk of something comes flying at my car and luckily only hit the front of my car and the tire. I say luckily because it could have been so much worse. So my car immediately started pulling to the left (the tire that got hit) and I had to get off the highway quick. Of course I was panicked and upset. I called Peter, called work and called our road side assistance.

I am so glad that today Erika wasn't in the car with me. She was staying home with Daddy. I would have been even more upset had she been with me. As of right now it seems that the only damage is my tire has a huge rip in it from whatever flew at me and it needs to be replaced, not repaired. I am still not positive if the front end has any damage. I can't help but wonder if anything happened to the cars behind me because I watched this boulder bounce off my car/tire and then to the cars behind me.

After I calmed down a while, I started thinking how LUCKY I was. That boulder could have hit my windshield and shattered my windshield on me...and who know what would have happened. My tire could have blown out instantly and I could have been slammed by the cars coming at 70-80 miles per hour. I couldn't help but have a thought flash through my mind of Erika not having her Mommy. And so tonight I am so extra thankful that God kept me safe today and my baby safe.

On top of feeling thankful that I am okay, I sat back and of course asked myself..."why did that boulder choose my car" of all the cars out on the road this morning. I believe in there always being a reason. The best I came up with is to show me that life truly is so fragile and to stop consuming myself with worries all the time over little things. You know "don't sweat the small stuff." Sounds lame but it really is true. Today I realized truly how important Peter, Erika and all the people who care about me are.