I got one of those dreaded phone calls today; You know, one of those calls that makes you feel sick or throws you into emotional turmoil. "Your wife was just in a car accident!"
For some reason I thought the worst and even as I was still on the phone talking I was on my way to the car and...Well, to wherever I had to be. Anyway, in the next minute or so the news improved somewhat, "She is ok, just shaken up...", however I was still pretty worried as you may imagine. I got home and saw my wife was walking around, unmarked and, so far, feeling ok which was a relief. We had a hug and she started to explain what happened, although in the intervening hours the story has changed somewhat as she recalls more details.
The car, a 4x4, will probably be written off however the insurance company will make that judgement after the crash repairer has quoted on the repair. To be honest I would rather they write it off and if they don't, and return it repaired, I'll sell it anyway. I don't want my wife driving it anymore. It's forced my hand somewhat though as we are in the process of buying a new vehicle and I was going to sell my pickup truck but now I've decided to keep my truck for my wife to drive as it's big and tough. I don't want to risk her getting hurt. Image source
Now, hours later we've had time to think things through and we are both just grateful that she is ok. She's pretty tough really, and I'm proud of how she handled the scenario. We're also pleased that we have a rule of never leaving each other in a bad mood, angry, or without saying I love you. The thing is that with the increase of mobile phone usage whilst driving, inattentive and drunk driving and through there simply being more traffic on the road car accidents are more prevalent and one never know's when it can happen. I would never forgive myself if we left something unsaid and an accident occurred removing the opportunity to say it.
So, my girl is sitting next to me on the couch sipping a cup of tea and relaxing. She's been on the phone a lot talking with her mum and other relatives who all found out about the accident through the family-grapevine. She's fine, not feeling any pain or headaches, although is feeling pretty sad about her car as she loved it. I'm feeling pretty happy that she's ok though and content that she'll be driving my Ranger from now on and in a more suitable and safe car.
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