Once I pulled to the side of the road, a blonde-haired woman in her late thirties approached my window, apologizing profusely. She asked how we were, remarking that when she noticed car seats in our vehicle, her heart dropped. This lovely woman gave me about six hugs, kissed each of my girls on their foreheads and offered her assistance in every way. It was very clear that had the situation been reversed and I had bumped in to her SUV, she would have responded the same way.
It was the pleasantest fender-bender I've ever been in. People around here are so, so very nice. They're thoughtful and generous. This was only one of innumerable instances of kindness I've encountered while living here.
The girls and I said three "Hail Marys" for her on the way home. I have no idea whether she is Christian or has any faith whatsoever, but please, Lord, give her the grace she needs to meet You one day, face-to-face in heaven. Should I make it myself, I would very much like to meet her again there.
4 comments:
Yikes! I'm glad you were ok. I'm also touched at how she reacted and your prayers for her.
A delightful and thoughtful presentation of what could have been terrible. I'm glad you are safe. :) It is amazing that even in a bad situation you draw positive loving people toward you.
I'm glad you had such a pleasant experience! We had something similar happen a few years ago - a lady rear-ended us and was SO sweet about it. In our case we found out that we had actually both graduated from Biola (we both had Biola license plates - haha!) Accidents aren't fun things, but nice people sure do make them easier!
I was rear-ended this year, and the young lady that did it also hugged me and asked how I was and was a nervous wreck. Everything appeared to be fine though, and she apologized a ton of times.
This was much better than when I was a teenager and in the car of a friend who was rear-ended by a guy in his late 20's/early 30's who spent the entire time of exchanging information to belittle her when he was the one that had rear-ended her. Crazy, huh? (The first words out of his mouth were, "Oh no -- I bet this is Mommy's car, huh?") Ugh!
Glad you are all safe and that it was as pleasant an experience as possible in those circumstances!
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