at the stoplight
Around 10:30am this morning, a dear lady ran a red light and we collided in the intersection. I had the two oldest children with me. My kids and the woman are fine, thank God. The car is not. The ER doctor said I'd be sore for 2-4 weeks but currently I just ache and feel very stiff :-).
I didn't want to go to the hospital by ambulance because I knew that would frighten my kids. Bear and Granny drove to Springfield in record time, and as soon as they came I explained to the kids that mommy needed to go check her neck at the doctor. Jonathan began to cry.
"Mommy, are you going to die?!!"
"No Jonathan, mommy's not going to die. I'm going to be just fine."
"Mommy if you die, who is going to speak?"
"Excuse me?"
"If you die, who it going to speak? Who is going to tell the people about Jesus?!"
"Oh buddy, I'm not going to die. But you and your sister and your daddy...all of us can speak about Jesus."
"I can't yet," Jona said, "I still say 'uhm' too often."
My precious, precious children.
I didn't want to go to the hospital by ambulance because I knew that would frighten my kids. Bear and Granny drove to Springfield in record time, and as soon as they came I explained to the kids that mommy needed to go check her neck at the doctor. Jonathan began to cry.
"Mommy, are you going to die?!!"
"No Jonathan, mommy's not going to die. I'm going to be just fine."
"Mommy if you die, who is going to speak?"
"Excuse me?"
"If you die, who it going to speak? Who is going to tell the people about Jesus?!"
"Oh buddy, I'm not going to die. But you and your sister and your daddy...all of us can speak about Jesus."
"I can't yet," Jona said, "I still say 'uhm' too often."
My precious, precious children.
posted by alicia britt chole at
5:12 PM
5 Comments:
I'm so glad that you're OK. What a scary moment or two or three. I had a similar accident when my two oldest were younger.
God be close to you in your recovery.
peace~elaine
He is so precious!
Hi Alicia,
I pray you are feeling much better now, ouch!
I just found out you will be speaking at our church in July.
I'm really excited to hear you share.
Thought I'd check you out and found your blog.
So nice to meet youâ„
Good to hear you're OK, and that once again a dose of humor is such good medicine. If you blogged for no other reason than to capture the incredible sayings of your little ones it would be well worth it. Thanks for sharing!
Kathleen
Glad you are okay. Hope your neck and shoulders are better by now.
Jonathan is such a sweetie pie.
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