Angels

I've never really had a problem driving in the snow.

In fact, last year in the dead of winter, I drove from Salt Lake to Provo EVERYDAY for work in Blakes Lexus, which is rear wheel drive and horrible in the snow.

This year, about a week before Christmas, I drove to the University of Utah's bookstore to buy a watch for Blake for Christmas that he wanted. Driving there wasn't too bad a little bit of snow, but it was also rainy, so the rain was keeping the roads wet rather than icy.

On my way back I got stuck in stop and go traffic due to an accident not too far ahead of me. After waiting for about a half hour, they clear the accident over enough that I could drive past them. I was keeping my speed to about 45 because the roads were a little more slippery due the snow that had built up while no one was driving on the road since we were all stopped behind the accident, but even then they still weren't too bad, I actually felt like I was being overly cautious. About 2 minutes past the accident, I hit some snow/ice. My car all of a sudden swerved to the right where a truck was driving next to me. My first instinct was that I didn't want to hit anyone else so..I swerved the opposite direction and hit the break.

Yeah yeah, I know that is the worst thing to do when your car is out of control. But, that's what I did.

My car swerved to the left and I now had NO control over my car. Right then I full on expected to feel the crash of my car crushing into a car on my left. But, somehow there were no cars anywhere near me. Or anywhere on the highway at all for the matter, except far behind me. Then my car started to spin. It was terrifing. I didn't know what to do, I just tried frantially to gain some control, some friction with the road, but nothing. Finally, my car stopped spinning, which you'd think would have given me relief. But it didn't because I didn't stop in the right direction. I was now driving backwards looking at the cars that should be behind me through my front windsheild. This was terrifying because I could actually see all the chaos going on and I had no way to stop it. I felt like I was in a movie or something.

Then out of now where it spun me back to my right and I was just waiting to slam into the barrier on the side of the road.

But..it didn't. My car just stopped on the side of the road, facing the right direction and everything, as if I'd meant to stop there.

& then the cars that should have been there all along were back on the highway like nothing had happened.

I sat there for a minute just wanting to cry, but I was frozen and I couldn't even do that. I didn't know what to do next. All I could think about is how I should not be sitting there right then without even a scratch on my car or anyone else's car for that matter. And there is no doubt in my head that that was NOT due to my own "driving skills". So I said a pray thanking Heavenly Father for keeping me safe because there is NO way I would have be where I was at that moment without his help.

Then I called Blake and told him that I hate his precious care and demanded that we sale it...and then I cried. Haha

(I know this is long, but I am almost finished)

As I drove home I felt like I'd never driven on the snow in life. I now had zero confidence in my car. I drove white knuckled all the way home, dreading getting to the hill right before my house. You see everytime it snows bad Blake and I always see cars from our window get stuck on this hill.

When I finally got to the hill, I tried not to slow down, I felt the tires spinning but I was making it ..then of course right before I got to the top where I turn into the neightborhood I hesitated (I know SO stupid) and I was stuck. I was all of a sudden imagining all these terrible things that were going to happen, like my car rolling backwards down the hill or something..so I just kept trying frantically to keep going and my tires were just spinning. Just as I was beginning to really panic I looked in my rearview mirror to see a truck stop and park behind me. At first I was embaressed and I did NOT want him to stop. Then I looked to my left, and another truck that was going the opposite direction also stopped and parked, then I looked to my right and saw a guy was running out his back door.. All of three of these ANGELS appeared at once and to pushed me the rest of the way into my neighborhood! Before I could even stop to thank them profusely they ran back to their cars and were gone.

I just yelled out my window "THANK YOU SO MUCH"! I don't even know if they heard me...they probably didn't even think much of it. But as soon as I got to my driveway, I just stopped and cried. I felt so relieved and greatful to be home safe and that they were willing to stop what they were doing to help someone they don't even know.

I love where I live.