As I sit here with puffy eyes from shedding tears most of the day I am trying to force myself to count my blessings as I know I need to. Today me, a friend from church, and my daughters were in an automobile accident. While it wasn't a horrible one, as anyone who has been involved in one knows, it is still very scary. It is especially frightening to me at this time because we have lost two people we know, and another one was seriously injured in an accident already this month. As I slammed on the brakes and braced myself for the impact I knew was coming my thoughts were clouded with the worries of had I buckled my girls in properly? Maria and I weren't wearing our belts, will I cause her family a loss? Will I cause mine a loss? Once out of the car safely, making sure everyone was okay, my thoughts are clouded with the now heavy financial burden that my already stretched family was placed upon. How are we to pay for this? Scotts hours have been cut, we just had major repairs to our other car done, how will we now pay for a new front end? It is hard to slow down to think about the fact that it was just our car. Everyone walked away today the same way they were before; my kids are safe in bed, and Maria, a mother of five, is at home with her family. So, as it's difficult to see the sun through all the rain, I am thankful that our family is safe, as well as Maria. I have been blessed today.
