Day 8

Photo that makes me sad...

Actually, it more makes me feel really guilty.. On July 21st, 2009, we were in a car accident. I wasn't texting while driving, but I had just gotten done and my mind was very preoccupied. We had just moved into our new home in a new town 3 weeks prior and I didn't know that country roads well. I was going too fast for comfort and ended up running a stop sign that dead ends at a Major Highway. Luckily, no cars were on that portion of the highway at the time. Because it was a dead end though, there was nowhere to go except to hit the cable box and telephone pole, we missed a huge power pole by about 6 inches that likely would have cut our car in half. Unfortunately, my son took the most. He had broken ribs, punctured lung and bleeding spleen. He had to be taken to Pensacola to be watched in the ICU due to the spleen. I still feel horrible, especially when looking at these pictures. Oh and the little 'dimples' on his side are the scars from when he was a baby and had to have his left lung taken out and had a chest tube...this kid has been through alot! I don't use my phone at all while in my car.