Collision
I would often rehearse in my mind what I would do and how I would behave if I ever got into an accident. Well, the rehearsal became real life while on my way to The Rock on Friday Night.
Here's my sad story:
My brother, Andy, my son, Rex, and I were heading toward Zeke's to catch the third Rock ever at that location. Andy came to Ames from Decorah specifically to see it. Rex had never been to the Rock before either and was particularly pumped about seeing it at Zeke's.
We were looking forward to a great night when a guy on the street next to the Community of Christ church moved into my lane. He saw me coming and stopped... but it was toooo late.
I hit my brakes, the tires screeched, I tried to swerve all in a second's time. It was like slow motion as I realized that we were going to collide and there was nothing I could do about it. The crunch hit. Metal twisting. Glass shattering.
Then there was silence as we assessed our physical condition and that of the car. We were all fine. We couldn't say the same for the car.
The other guy was fine and his car suffered far less damage than mine. We exchanged information and he parted shortly before a cop showed up. I guess someone called it in.
They said that my car was a mess and the guy needed to come back to file a police report. Before he came back, though, the cop got a call that a couple of guys were sited heading for the railroad tracks with rifles. (Wow. I didn't know Ames ever got that interesting!) She said, "Gotta go. Tell the other driver I'll call him." And off she went.
Since Andy and Rex had already left for the Rock, I decided to join them.
How did I do compared to my rehearsals? Very well, I'd say. I was calm. At peace. I raised the flag of my faith to the guy (told him we were on our way to The Rock). And was overall filled with the Spirit. I thanked God that I didn't compromise my faith because life took a turn for the worse.
Comments
That'll buff right out!
... Schaefer's Auto Body does incredible work, if you're planning to get it fixed (or, ideally, their insurance paying for you to get it fixed).
-=Russ=-
Posted by: Russ Graves at September 12, 2007 04:25 PMi'm glad you guys are ok! yikes!!
Posted by: kelsey at September 12, 2007 04:32 PMVery glad no one was hurt!!
Posted by: wendy sue at September 12, 2007 04:43 PM"Cameron, you killed the car." :)
Posted by: Rob at September 12, 2007 05:38 PM