Those of you that live near here will understand when I say that he came from Route 28 North onto 606 and cut across 3 lanes of traffic to get in the middle of the intersection to make an ILLEGAL u-turn! So he caused the two cars in front of me to slam on the brakes. I did the same but apparently the girl beyond me didn't hit hers fast enough. To add insult to injury, the guy didn't even stop!! She crashed into my car and I saw him making the u-turn. My naive brain figures "he's going to pull over and stop", but NOOOO. He just kept going. No concern for the woman and her two small children in the car!! What is wrong with people today? Are we so busy and self-involved and rude that we cannot worry about the welfare of our fellow man?
So that got me to thinking about the kind of person that I am, the kind of person I'm teaching my kids to be. I want them to grow up to be people who are concerned for their fellows, their country, their planet. And from what I saw today, there are very few examples out there for them to follow. Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of wonderful people who are a part of our lives who are shining examples for my boys. But it is so disheartening to see people act that way. And to think about how I will explain to my kids that someone wasn't worried if we were okay.
And I know, I need to be grateful. Things could have been much worse. It's just a car that can be repaired (or maybe replaced if Dean gets his way), no one was seriously hurt (although my back may disagree tomorrow) and we are lucky to have insurance that will handle everything. So here I sit, in my kitchen making a list of all the things to be grateful for (while trying to quiet the voice in my head trying to convince me that we need to hunt the guy in the orange truck-y thing down and kick him really hard in the shins).
Here's a pic of the back of the car:
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Not horrible, I know. But annoying just the same. Thank God we're all okay. I'll update tomorrow after the estimate at the body shop - that should be fun...
#1, sister of my loins, might want to black out the license plate.
ReplyDelete#2, you are a great mother and shining example to your kids of what a good person is, have no worries about that. I know a lot of the people in your life, and despite my attemps you have surrounded yourself, your children and you life with wonderful people who are positive influences on your children. Do not worry about what your children will grow up to be, worry about the less fortunate kids who are not lucky enough to have you and the positive influences, what are they learning and how can you not allow them to affect your beautiful boys.
Just a thought from me...