CRASH

My family enjoys celebrating every occasion with a chai from Starbucks. Yesterday it snowed. Reason enough to go into Sugar house for a hot chai.

We were in my parents Highlander. My Dad was driving, Mom was in the passenger seat, Munchkin and I were in the back seat. Every body was wearing seat belts and Munchkin was strapped snugly in his car seat.

While in the intersection of Wilmington Ave. and 1300 East waiting to make a left-hand turn the light changed to yellow. Many cars rushed through the yellow light, trying to milk every last second. Finally the light turned red and we had to clear the intersection. It appeared that all of the cars from the opposing direction were coming to a stop for the red light. We began our left-hand turn when all of a sudden a car emerged from the red light heading straight for us at full speed. This car came through the red light and hit us with such force that our car was spun to face the opposite direction from which we were originally facing.

Immediately following the accident we asked if everyone was alright. Although extremely shaken, no injuries prevailed. Everyone is going to be OK.

The driver of the other car was cited with running a red light and negligence, resulting in an automobile accident.

Today as I move about the house I notice little aches and pains, but nothing major. I am keeping a close eye on Munchkin and he seems to be as happy as ever.

A close call like this makes me think about the "what-if's". There are many possibilities that this accident could have been so much worse. I know that it does me no good to think about the horror this accident could have caused, yet I can't help but think how close we came to serious injury or worse.

I am truly lucky to be sitting here now with a healthy Munchkin and two healthy parents. My family is so precious to me. It is frightning that something so unnecessary and preventable could have caused such catastrophic damage.

Happy Halloween

 
We took Munchkin trick-or-treating with this darling group of kids. Yes, Santa too. Jeremy said that he would be dressing up next year while trick-or-treating with Munchkin. He realized that candy was being given to anyone in a costume, not just children. Emily got as much candy as Markie.
This was Munchkin's first time trick-or-treating and he did it with the skill of a veteran. Approaching each door, Pooh bear would hollar "trick-or-treat" as a bowl of candy was presented in front of the kids. Munchkin would then point at the candy and shout "ooooooooohhhh". He knew to reach into the candy selection and choose the one with the best wrapper. He did well for his first time out and all the children seemed to enjoy their Halloween.