Life Happened....

Today had the potential to be awesome!  I was a girl with a plan.  My sweet little furbaby had a checkup at the vet.  After that mow part of the lawn, feed my urchins and then off to open training.  Then pop them home before the meeting.  The plan for the evening was make them a nice meal and have a family movie night.  Plans are great aren't they!  That is until life happens....


Today life happened.  Our vet checkup went awesome considering the month my sweet girl has had.  I was on my way home with a full and thankful heart.  Than life happened.  It happened so fast.  I could see it coming but I was unable to react fast enough to stop it.  Out of the corner of my eye I could see the truck coming.  Then through the stop sign he flew without even slowing down.  I swerved but not in time.  Before I knew it my van is two lanes of traffic over and facing the other direction.  Airbags have deployed all over the place.  Life happened...


So what's a girl to do when life happens...  I could wallow in the fact that my van is a complete write off.  I could bemoan the fact that my hubbie is stuck in Fort Mac when I really need him here.  I could focus on all the ouchie spots that seem to be popping out of nowhere as time passes.


Today I am choosing to be grateful instead.  I walked away from this accident.  I opened my own door and got out of my vehicle on my own steam.  My sweet little furbaby seems to be completely unharmed by the experience.  I am grateful that my children were not in the van with me.  They were spared serious injury and trauma.  I am grateful for all the witnesses who stopped and took such good care of me.  In particular there were two couples in separate vehicles who almost seemed to jump into parent mode.  I am grateful for the EMS guy who was so gentle and reassuring when I could not even think straight.  I am grateful for the firemen who brought over a bottle of water for Sammie and I to share in the heat of the morning.  I am grateful for the big, burly tow truck driver who stood on the side of road holding my little one's leash while I pulled all our kung fu gear and weapons out of the back of my van and removed most of our personal belongings.  I am grateful for the police officer who reassured me that the other driver was being very cooperative and accepting the full blame of the accident.  I am grateful for the other police officer who drove me home.  I am grateful that my hubbie was able to call me so quickly and be there for me the best he could from afar.  I am grateful that the man at the claims department of our insurance company had just the right blend of kindness, sympathy and humour to lighten up the situation.  I am grateful that my doctor's office was able to squeeze me in on Monday morning to record and properly assess my physical damages.  I am grateful that my parents were willing to drop everything and come to my rescue if I needed them to even though they do not live here.  I am especially grateful for all the amazing hugs my sweet kids have been giving me all day long.  I really could go on and on.  Today I was greatly blessed even as life happened.


The other thing I chose to do today was to carry on the best I could given the situation.  The thought crossed my mind to skip today's meeting.  Really, who wouldn't have understood my absence.  I had to make a choice.  I really wanted to stay home.  I really did not want to drive again - the thought was actually terrifying to me.  I wasn't sure I would be able to hold it together and I did not want to fall apart.  But, I went anyway...  I want to apologize to the team for not being my usual self today but all I had to offer was my warm body in attendance.  I was not able to truly focus on much of what was said.  I also want to thank Mr. Sand.  I do not know you well but you are an amazingly perceptive person.  It meant so much to me that you noticed that I was not my usual self and then made the effort to actually come over and ask me if I was alright.  Thank you.  Yet another thing to be grateful for.


The kids and I finished the night off with a less than stellar dinner and a movie.  Now I am going to head off to bed and my plan is to be grateful again tomorrow morning for whatever the day has to offer.