So I was on my way back to church for a meeting about the next fundraiser for our Honduras mission trip. I had just dropped off some Mary Kay products in Marysville to one of my good clients and was heading southbound on the 5. I was in the Everett area (where you can see that cemetary on the right of the freeway) when all of a sudden this silver truck suddenly comes into my lane (they must not have seen me at all), no blinker or anything. So I swerve to the left as to not get into a wreck, and lose control of the car. The next few minutes were really fuzzy but it went something like this:
I skidded left then right and next thing you know I'm Tokyo drifting counter clockwise into the carpool lane and thinking I'm going to slide right through the gaurd rail. I'm thinking to myself 'HOLY CRAP! I'm going through this gaurd rail and plummeting into I5 Northbound lanes...' but instead I find myself facing a grey minivan (backwards in the carpool lane), still moving - however I'm not sure if I'm moving forward or backwards - it just doesn't make sense to me. For some strange reason I figure out how to flip another 180 counter clockwise and recover going 30mph in the carpool lane managing not to hit anyone or anything else. This is around 4:30 on a Sunday afternoon and there is quite a bit of traffic, so my jaw is on the floor by this time, heart racing, white knuckling the steering wheel, I'm pretty sure that I've forgotten to breathe as well. The thought goes through my head to pull over on the left, but then I realize I am going 30 in the carpool lane and decide to speed up and head to church. I'm looking around at the other drivers in disbelief to see if there is any reaction, but the people that must have witnessed this horrifying and miraculous event have since passed. Save one green CRV with 2 girls in it that pass me and are waving uncontrollably and giving me a thumbs up - as I stare at them like I saw a ghost. By the grace of God I managed to escape any sort of car wreck and am walking and breathing today. It was the most intense, unbelievable, horrifying thing I've ever experienced. And all I can think is - thank you God for getting me out of this situation, there is no other explaination but that it just was not my time yet. I got to church and just cried in the parking lot - I was early to my meeting (also a miraculous thing) so nobody was there yet. When I went in, I saw Riley, who had taken me to Anh and I just sat and cried. I am so thankful.
After church I went over to my friends Mary and Stu's house for dinner, and tell them about this crazy thing that just happened, still shaken up. After dinner I got a call from another good friend, who tells me that she and her boyfriend of 3 years have just gotten engaged. And earlier this miraculous sunday I had gotten a phone call from one of my best friends, Hazel, in Phoenix who tells me that she and her husband have just welcomed the newest addition to thier family, Caliahna Daylyn (named after me - Lynnie Dale). What an eventful day, that I know I won't ever forget. It still seems like it didn't really happen...weird.
Wow! God is great! I'm glad you're still here with us and in one piece untouched and healthy!! <3 <3
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