This week started out uneventful

This week started out uneventful, but that’s not how it ended.
We all of have our usual day to day schedule not a lot to tell school,
work and home stuff. Well Beth started out with a slight cold, she has
laryngitis now. That hasn’t seemed to slow her much. Well Friday seemed
the day when our week got interesting. Mariah had a visit and all seemed to
go well, she was fine when we got into the van. We headed to Wall-mart
to do a little shopping. By time I had pulled into the parking lot Mariah was
not looking to happy. I asked if she still wanted to go into the store. She nodded
her head. I walked around to the van door; I reminded her that she needed to be good
in the store. Well apparently those were the magic words, she fell to the ground
and started screaming. I tried to pick her up and put her back into the van. She wouldn’t let me pick her up. I tried doing a breathing exercise with her. That didn’t work she continued to scream “Ill be good” this went on for about ten minutes. What to do, people were staring so I called my husband. Dave thought we were still at the visit center so that is where he went to help me. Remember we are in Wall-Marts parking lot. So I tried to keep her by the van, She is now rolling on the ground, every time I would try to pick her up she would flop pack to the ground. So I just kept myself between her and the car path way. What seemed like an eternity, Dave called back. Where are you? Right in front of Wall-Mart, then he told me he was at the visit center. So Mariah continued her screaming and kicking. This is the first time she has done this outside the house or car. New and exciting, NOT. Finally Dave came picked her up and strapped her in he car seat, We headed home, she was still screaming. We drove the ten minutes home and finally when I turned onto the street she stopped crying and asked “can we go to Wall-Mart tomorrow”. To my surprise she was able to eat and get on the bus. Well the morning cold have gone better. I thought that nothing could top my morning.

David and I had planned a quiet evening at home. We had just finished playing a game, said family prayer and put Mariah to bed when we decided to call Sam to see if he could pick up Beth from the Ski program, No answer. Just then Dave’s phone rang, All I could here was What Dave was saying and I got the message, Sam had been in an accident involving a Semi. I could feel the adrenaline start, I put Mariah’s shoes on grabbed a blanket and we headed for the van to go to the accident scene. Sam had told his dad he was ok, but I still had a lot thoughts. OK this is what happened. Sam was driving south on I -5 at about 8:45 pm, He felt the front start to shimmy and the saw his tire go out in front of him, across the medium and hit a semi. He slid to a stop a couple inches from a cement center barrier. Sam was not physically hurt, he was a little shaken. Well our night ended with everyone safe home.