I had a car accident last night

Last night I was in the first car accident of my life. For those two minutes when I was been rammed into very hard from behind, all I could have thought was Alex, mom, dad, grandma, family, Mitch, friends, John, and Eli…

After I hit the car in front of me, everything stops. I heard noises, saw people getting out their cars…but I wasn’t there, my mind was… There was a man, who taps my window, and asked me if I was all right… but I couldn’t answer him… I was there… but I wasn’t.

I don’t know how long I stayed there, but next thing I knew, I had a police man opening my door and touching my face and telling me that I was all right, to look at him … but I couldn’t moved… I was “gripping” the steering wheel and I couldn’t let go…

I had some injury in my head and got 4 stitches in my right side, near the eye. They said there are not going to be any complications but I have to wait a few days to see if the pain and swelling are just force stress or something more serious. I am hoping it all just gets better in a few days.

Right now I am just thankful for a lot of things …I’m thankful I was by myself, and I was wearing my seatbelt… If I had not been wearing my seatbelt I imagine my face would not be too pretty right now.

I’m thankful that I was not talking on my cell phone or eating while I was driving. I have to admit [shame on me] that I occasionally did this in the past. Well, I realize if I HAD been doing that last night the accident would have been much worse if I had not been completely focused on my driving at that moment…

I’m just glad I’m still here.