Giving Thanks

Earlier this week, a most beloved family member (are there any other kinds?) was hit by a drunk driver while crossing the street.  We got the call at dinner time that afternoon from the emergency room.  Except for disfiguring scarring, she will be fine.  I am so overwhelmed with gratitude that I don't know how to begin to pay karma back. The thought of her twin babies, just 3 months old, left motherless had me gasping, and the image of her husband of only three years left widowed was more horror than my mind could hold.

My heart even goes out to the man who hit her.  Someone who is drunk at 3pm on a school day with the poor judgement to drive and then (almost) leave the scene of an accident is someone who is not in a good place.  (And that place is about to get so much worse).

Where ever you are now, celebrating this time of family togetherness, pause to drink it in.  Life would not be the same without it. Whatever issues there may be, at least no one is incarcerated or hospitalized.  Saying "i love you" is as easy as a phone call.

And for Pete's sake, don't let anyone drink and drive.

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