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NO ACCIDENTS

I'm always saying, "There are no accidents!" So I'm going to have to say that when we were rear-ended yesterday, it wasn't an accident. It was an incident. If I had a nickel for every time the four of us are all in the car together, I'd have myself about ten cents. Yet, yesterday we were. All four of us on the freeway off-ramp at 9:15 AM on the Monday morning following Spring Break. Ironically, we'd just stopped for gas and to put air in a leaky tire, as to avoid any trouble along the way.

The cars in front of us stopped suddenly, my husband stopped quickly but the Prius behind us didn't react in time. She stopped only when the impact from our car drove her engine within inches of her steering wheel. Two air bags and a seat belt later, she walked out of the car injury-free. The four of us, 4 seat belts later, also walked away without a scratch.

Could have been worse. Could have been much, much worse. Everyone was insured, we already have our car in for 3 weeks of body work, and a rental car. Nothing more than a minor inconvenience on a Monday morning.

There are no accidents!