I have seen two car accidents in two days. Generally speaking, people need to slow down and pay attention. Me - people - included.
By God's grace plus a host of praying each time I exit my driveway, I haven't been involved in a car accident for 3 years. That's good for me. With four children, paying attention while I am driving is an after thought. Just keeping it real.
Just the other day, I pulled out of the driveway without looking really well in my rear view mirror. I had forgotten that my husband was still home and that his car was parked in the driveway.
I narrowly escaped ramming our side mirrors together, or worse, smashing the front side of his car with the back side of mine. Again, by God's grace, I left the driveway accident free.
My large car makes it difficult for me to see everything around and behind me when I am backing out of anywhere. Twice I have backed into cars that I never saw, and one of those cars I hit not once, but twice, thinking the whole time that I was hitting the curb.
One time, in a parking lot, I backed into a parked car. I went into the store to notify the shopper. When the cashier made the announcement over the loud speaker, I was sad when the lady who's car I backed into came rushing to the cashier.
"That was my car!" she announced. "Did I win a prize?"
"Yes," I thought. You won a prize. You get to rent a car on my dime while your back tail light and bumper get fixed with money from my wallet. Congratulations.
I need to pay better attention while I am driving. I figure that if I pay attention and pray, and sprinkle in some grace from God, I should be accident free for quite some time.
That's my goal.
By God's grace plus a host of praying each time I exit my driveway, I haven't been involved in a car accident for 3 years. That's good for me. With four children, paying attention while I am driving is an after thought. Just keeping it real.
Just the other day, I pulled out of the driveway without looking really well in my rear view mirror. I had forgotten that my husband was still home and that his car was parked in the driveway.
I narrowly escaped ramming our side mirrors together, or worse, smashing the front side of his car with the back side of mine. Again, by God's grace, I left the driveway accident free.
My large car makes it difficult for me to see everything around and behind me when I am backing out of anywhere. Twice I have backed into cars that I never saw, and one of those cars I hit not once, but twice, thinking the whole time that I was hitting the curb.
One time, in a parking lot, I backed into a parked car. I went into the store to notify the shopper. When the cashier made the announcement over the loud speaker, I was sad when the lady who's car I backed into came rushing to the cashier.
"That was my car!" she announced. "Did I win a prize?"
"Yes," I thought. You won a prize. You get to rent a car on my dime while your back tail light and bumper get fixed with money from my wallet. Congratulations.
I need to pay better attention while I am driving. I figure that if I pay attention and pray, and sprinkle in some grace from God, I should be accident free for quite some time.
That's my goal.
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