because i know that not all of my readers know exactly where this is, i've created some pictures so that everyone may better understand what happened. i think they're pretty good, so don't judge.
so to start off, i was home for easter weekend. i had spent time with my brother and parents the night before and earlier that day and i had plans to see one of my best friends, the always lovely hans lee. we made plans long ago to make this completely epic cookie recipe that produced oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies. yum x 10. i drove to her house, picked her up and we were on our way to HEB in no time (for those of you not familiar with HEB, i'm sorry. you're missing out on a great grocery store. HEB > kroger > randalls > albertsons > brookshires and so on).
after a short time in HEB we made our purchases and headed out to the car. now what you must understand about this particular HEB is that it's on a road in round rock called 620. it's a VERY busy 5 lane road and it's pretty much impossible to turn left onto it. knowing this full well i said to hannah:
me: should i go to the light or just try to turn left here?
hannah: you can probably go here.
me: i bet i can. i can do all things through christ who gives me strength.
what a horrible mis-use of scripture. i pulled out into the lane to wait for a chance to go, as can be seen in image #1. after a moment or two i noticed that to my left there were about 4 cars in a row had their right turn signals on and there were no cars coming from the right. i could totally make this turn. (i'm the goldish car, b t dubs).
image #1
well, ya see that little blue and white car down at the bottom? he wasn't ok with all these turn signals. if he stayed in the lane he would have had to slow down. so he did what most people do in this situation and he began his switch into the next lane about the same time i pulled onto the street.
image #2
this is when bad things started happening. he saw me. i saw him. but it was too late. the crash was inevitable at this point.
image #3
the next thing i knew, the front end of my car slammed into his front right side. both mine and hannah's air bags deployed quicker than i could even let out a scream.
image #4
it all happened so fast. there was very little time to react. he was trying to avoid me, i was trying to get around him, neither of us were successful. oh bother. i can tell you right now, though, i've never been more happy to hear my name than when hannah started saying it over and over again in panic. hearing it told me that she was ok enough to speak, and i was ok enough to hear it. the Lord had his hand over us in a situation where we both could have been road kill.
after that it was all paperwork, EMS, police, tow trucks and clean up. standard post wreck stuff. as far as i know, no one in the other car was hurt, hannah walked away with a bruised knee, and i sustained some pretty nasty burns on my chest and left forearm from the airbag.
beautiful, right? haha
like i said, God is so gracious. he obviously thought it better to leave us on earth than to take us home. he's clearly not done with us and has plans for us here on earth. what a savior! and especially on easter weekend. he saved me in more ways than one! i know without a doubt that my God loves me. he is my comfort and my shelter and my gracious savior!
so here are a few lessons to take with you:
1. never, ever try to turn left from the HEB on 620 (i'm talking to you, round rockers. don't do it.)
2. airbag burns suck, a lot. don't want them? don't get in wrecks caused by stupid judgement errors!
3. God is awesome and so worthy of praise! even if the situation had been worse, this would still be my feeling on the matter. his will is perfect!
"and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." - romans 8:28
i can't wait to see the full extent of what God has planned for this event! i can't say what that is at the moment, but i know that he'll be glorified by it!
