Grateful

CORRECTION

July 7, 2012

“I saw it coming and I knew I couldn’t avoid it so I just grabbed the steering wheel to hang on for the ride.”  Those were the words from my father today after he was hit by a car running a red light that then fled from the scene. 

My dads’ quick response to swerve at the impending impact caused the other car to just hit the back passenger tire on the Toyota.  That point of impact caused the Toyota to roll over several times and on the final rotation landing on the driver side where it completed it's journey sliding down the road to the outside lane of Golf Links past Swan Road. 

The accident tonight was another wake-up call to how vulnerable we all are. 

The cliché “it won’t happen to me” I think is not often thought about for most people in a settled life.  It’s not that we are invisible to any kind of tragedy it’s just that we don’t take the time to savory the life around us.

I am so thankful that with time my dad’s shoulder will heal, the road rash will disappear, the pain from whiplash will slowly fade and the new truck will be paid off but what chaps me is that man who hit my dad had to see the severity of the impact and he just left not knowing my dad would be okay---there is a place in hell for people like that. 

My dad uttered the words I had thought about but was too afraid to say out loud… what if he had one of the kids with him?

Today I am blessed that my dad will live to see his 57^th birthday on Monday.  I am blessed that Bug wasn’t with him and I am blessed that I will live another day of my life with him in it.

A bullet was dodged today. 

***To the man who hit my dad you left the front bumper of your silver Pontiac Grand AM with your Utah license plate at the scene--thanks jack ass because we have your license plate number now.