A phone call from her daughter.
"Mom, I had an accident". It is amazing how many thoughts can go through your mind in a split second after hearing those words. Especially when she is supposed to be at work, waitressing. My first thought was, How can you get hurt as a waitress? Of course, by then she has said enough to realize it is a CAR ACCIDENT.
Are you hurt? Where are you? Why aren't you at work? Is the other person hurt? Was it your fault? How bad is the car?
Her question? Do we need to call the police? And I can hear the other gal in the background, "We can just let the insurance company know. Let's just exchange numbers and go and the insurance will pay for it" Make you a little suspicious?
Yes, the driver that pulled out in front of our daughter was a 17yr-old, who was drunk before 9pm on a Tuesday night.
You cannot believe how thankful that makes a mother, to know her daughter is a responsible 19 yr old who does not drink and party. She had gotten off work early because it was a slow night and was on her way to the Christian youth hang-out.
Our car is "totalled", though still drivable. If the headlight and blinker still worked we would probably just have her keep driving it, but those can't be replaced without a lot of work to the front end. So hubby has to decide whether to try to fix or replace it.
In the last 18months this car has had two deer accidents, been hit in a parking lot, and now this!
Oh yes, And neither girl was hurt! Thank God for that.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
What puts fear in a mother's heart?....
Posted by Dawn at 9:14 AM
Labels: being a mom, children
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2 comments:
That would scare any mother!
Looks like you have raised a very responsible young lady there!
We got the same call from our 17 year old boy from school last February. He pulled into his parking spot and was just going to get out when a girl pulled in next to him and smoked the rear end of his car and she kept driving until she was parked. She also tried to talk him out of calling the police and she would pay him for the damages on that Friday. He called us to see if that was legal and we made him turn it into the police. It turns out she didn't think she had insurance but she really did.
Why would a 17 year old be drunk before 9pm and why in the heck would she be driving drunk??!!
Yes, I am very thankful that no one hurt. But, having recieved that same phone call a couple of times, I know how much it can scare you and then I think well, they are well enought to be talking so maybe it can't be that bad.lol. Things can be replaced or not but our children they are one of a kind. connie from Texas
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