Miracles

Miracles happen every day all over the world. Today, we had one happen in our life. We are not naive enough to think it was luck. We know God and guardian angels were watching.

A good friend of Cassidi's went to Burke's Garden to a community clean up event that his Mom used to organize. We love Taylor and she is beautiful both inside and out. The event actually got cancelled at the last minute Friday after we had already planned for them to go. They went ahead and followed through with their plans to stay the night and do what they could to clean up on their own. It went well.

The day was gorgeous and afterwards the girls decided to take the four wheelers out for a spin. Tony had taken them up with him this time to try and sell. We have had them for years and have used rarely them. They are a lot of fun, but extremely dangerous. Of course his last words before they left were to take it slow and easy and to be careful.

I think they were out for about an hour. They realized they needed to head back a little too late to be on time. Not wanting to be late, Cassidi was driving faster than she should have been. Taylor hadn't ridden too many times and Cass has been riding some sort of vehicle since birth. That combination is never good. One is over confident and the other hesitant.

On a straight stretch along the way home, something happened. Taylor somehow lost control. Fortunately she had the wits about her to jump off. But the 4 wheeler went over the edge of the road. It flipped head over tail down the ravine and landed on a big tree.

What made her lose contol? What made her jump? How did it happen on a straight stretch when they had been on curvy roads? All the questions that run through your head have run through all of ours. But bottom line, none of the answers matter.

Taylor is safe with just a couple of bumps and bruises. The two of them had quite a while to contemplate what had happened while they waited on Tony to come get them. Once they figured out she wasn't badly hurt, as to be expected, they were worried about the reaction to the loss of the 4 wheeler. Worry grew within each of them.

There are lessons in life in everything that we experience. I'm choosing to see the positives that came from this one. First and foremost, Taylor is still drawing breath. Metal, rubber, and chrome are replaceable. Taylor is not. Second, these girls are about to face a lot of opportunities for decisions in the next few weeks. Prom, graduation, and senior week are upon us. I feel this happened to remind them they are not all knowing or invincible. That even though they think they are in control, they are not. And finally, it lets them know there are forces outside this world directing their path. They should never underestimate the power of guardian angels.

The thought of either one of them getting hurts haunts us from this experience. But we can only trust that they will learn from this and carry it forward with them. Thank you God and guardian angles for watching over them. And thank you for giving them another opportunity to grow to face another day.