Boo!

This post was suppose to have gone up the day after Halloween but I've been having problems with Typepad. On that particular post (that I have saved as a draft but now it's flung itself into the mighty waters of the cybersea) I was getting kinda sappy about how nice it was to take a break from blogging to get all productive in my real life and everything but the act of writing a post once again made me realize how much I missed this luxurious exercise. And of course, Typepad crashes for three days.

Also, on this now legendary post, I told the story on how Craig and I first encountered each other at this Halloween party and how that explains...

THIS! Craig's 2006 sweater. It's still drying and Craig's still trying -to decide what he thinks of it I think.  The meet-up story was pretty much I was drunk, and he was on...

THIS planet. Needless to say, one of us passed out after five minutes of yada yada and the other one had to listen to one of us snore until six in the morning. But, true love persevered and he had me cough up rent money two months later cuz I was in his face (and tiny apartment) ever since.

The story was more eloquently written up in the original post but life has it so reflection is never experienced the same way twice.

My good friend and her whole family (that includes three little kids) were in a rollover accident last night (Noah's, Edie's boyfriend, family) off this embankment close to where they live that I'm very familiar with. When she called me last night right after this happened I knew instantly the spot she was talking about because it has freaked me out over the years every time I drove by. Everyone's okay, thank God, but their new car is a total write off.

We had long talk this morning going over every detail of that ride and aftermath that I almost feel in a way I was in the car  with them. She kept repeating  in her recount how it was the luckiest day of her life. The moment that made me suck my breath in though was when she opened her eyes after the rolling finally stopped and was able to look back to see all the windows smashed in but her three babies, safely protected by their guardian angels, scratch free. Considering she could be in a hospital today instead of snuggling with the whole family in their cozy little basement suite has changed her reflection on her day to day nuisances. I thanked her for sharing her luck with me. Stay safe everybody, drive slow in this crazy weather and be grateful.

Comments

[Sue]

How fortunate they are that they were not injured. Luckily cars are replaceable, human beings are not. It is nice to, how does the saying go "to smell the flowers" every now and then, and for some people it is life changing, and makes us look at our life and see what is important, and more importantly what is not really a big deal.

[Colleen]

Oh Kathy, How scary for Megan and family! I am glad to hear they are okay. Frightening.
I like Craig's sweater!
Much love to you and everyone out there!