One Year

Many people think about their past year a little closer to New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.  The Christmas rush will have come and gone, the beginning of a whole new year is near, thoughts wander to all of the things that were accomplished (or not!) in the previous 365 days.  But this year I found myself thinking about the last year today.

One year ago, my parents were in a car accident.  It was an accident that could have been deadly; their car flipped several times, heavy things flew about (just my mom's purse was bad enough, there were also a computer and many quarts of frozen brunswick stew...any of which could have killed them), their vehicle even slid up the side of the street on its side after crossing a few lanes of traffic.  Miraculously, no other cars were involved in the wreck (except the car that hit them; they didn't hit any other cars as they flew willy-nilly through the air and across the highway), and they were able to walk away (after climbing out of the side - now the top - of the car) with minor injuries. 

I spoke with my mom and dad earlier today; she appreciated that I remembered that December 21 marked one year since that event and said,"It could have been such a different year."

It sure could have.  A sadder year.  But instead, we have so much to be grateful for, and so many more memories were made. 

We celebrated birthdays

We watched Dad get more seven-letter words in Scrabble

We Sudoku-d

We celebrated retirement

 

We visited D.C. (I love it when they hold hands)

We played in the sand

We got artsy

We smiled (a lot)

We took a walk on the wild side (or maybe just the putt-putt course)

We laughed (also a lot)

We caused trouble (and suffered the consequences)

Did I mention we laughed a lot?

I have to say, it's been a good year

I love you, Mom and Dad. 

And thank you, God, for giving them to me (and us).  And for letting them be with us a bit longer.

Comments

[Krista]

What a beautiful post, it brought tears to my eyes this morning.

[Mindee@ourfrontdoor]

I love your heart Christina. :)

BTW, that last picture is fabulous!

[Elaine]

Nice

[Nan]

I'm so glad they came through that!! And I have to ask... what kind of car were they driving?! I want one.

This is such a sweet post about some obviously very sweet people. Thank you Lord for keeping them safe!

[Julie H.]

heart *sigh*
Love to you, your fam and your sweet parents!
Merry Christmas, Christina!

[Megan (Best of Fates)]

I'm so, so glad your parents were okay. And that you had such a fabulous year.