Thankful

Today, we (the kiddies and I) were driving to the mall and were in the far left lane about a mile from our exit. I was next to a semi with a long trailer attached, carrying 2 huge pieces of metal equipment (stacked on top of each other). As we were going around a curve the semi started to come into my lane (road construction was causing the lanes to be extremely narrow). So, I noticed him getting too close and slowed down to get away from him. As soon as I slowed down I noticed the top piece of equipment start to fall toward me and I slammed on my brakes watching this huge thing fall right in front of me. I had nowhere to go because of the narrow lanes- there was no turn off or shoulder to pull into. I was amazed that it kept bouncing and rolling in the same direction I was going- I kept expecting it to stopped dead in it's tracks- thank goodness it didn't or else I probably would've ended up hitting it. As I was breaking, trying not to hit this thing flying in front of me, I was looking in my rear-view making sure the people behind me weren't going to rear-end me. Luckily, they all saw what was happening and they stopped. I finally got my car stopped and pulled over as far as I could. I was scared to death!

I called HP and told them about the incident. A couple in a van stopped with me and checked to see if I was OK. The man came up to me and said "how did that not hit you?". At that point, I realized how blessed I was to have been aware of my surroundings and stay calm while all of that was happening. If I had stayed where I was in the first place (right next to him) that huge machine would've landed right on top of my car. Our car wasn't touched at all except for a big piece of plastic that draped over my mirror. I am so extremely thankful for the many angels that surround us each day. As soon as I stopped my car, with shaking hands and tears rolling down my cheeks, I prayed and thanked our Father in Heaven for watching over me and my babies. Throughout the day I've had some mixed emotions... I've cried a few more times, and I've laughed a little- I've laughed just thinking of Brody's reaction. As soon as he saw the thing flying in front of us and the debris going everywhere he said "oh-no" over and over... it was so cute! I know the Lord truly blesses us and am so thankful for all that he does.