Note: This is a bit somber.  The events described within this post really got me thinking. 

Tonight on the way to the chiropractors, to continue my treatment for an automobile accident in June, I saw another accident.  One auto, and one motorized wheelchair presumably for a quadriplegic or very incapacitated person.  All I saw was the SUV mounted up onto the side of the wheel chair.  There was no one in the wheel chair because the emergency vehicles had taken that person away.  Traffic coming the other direction was almost completely stopped because the emergency vehicles had blocked so much of the road.

My best guess is that the person who was in the motorized wheelchair was going as fast as the motor would carry him across the street as the person who was driving, in the second lane so his vision was blocked by the car next to him (or her), slid into the crosswalk.  I imagine that neither person saw it coming until it was far too late.  I often slide into the crosswalk without thinking about it.

Accidents like that are possibly far worse in my imagination than reality.  However, the driver of that SUV is probably mortified and in an emotional state that only prescription drugs can bring down to a point where rest is possible.  I pray that all involved are somehow miraculously OK.  This holiday season with all of the fun and thankfulness around, please be careful while you drive.  Remember to be thankful for all of your family members.  I am.

I’m thankful for my whole family.  I’m thankful for my friends.  I’m thankful for the readers of this blog.  Please have a thankful and peaceful holiday season.  Be safe.