with gratitude
Sometime around midnight on Saturday, as J and I were driving back to Omaha from Atlanta (where we spent Thanksgiving), our car collided with a deer on I-29 in Missouri. The car was severely damaged, but J, Briscoe and I were unharmed. We were completely shaken up, but we were unharmed. I can’t remember ever being in situation as scary.
I am so grateful that the car did it’s job and protected us from injury. I am grateful that my husband had the good sense not to swerve out of the way when he saw the deer run across the road; worse things could have happened if he did. And I am extremely grateful for our wonderful friends, J & D, who drove 2 hours each way the next morning to pick us in St. Joseph, MO.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Glad you’re okay! I hit a deer between Wahoo and Lincoln on Thanksgiving nine years ago and I am still terrified. This weekend was awful. We had to go all over eastern Nebraska and always ended up driving home in the dark. Then back to Des Moines in the dark.
I still blame my mom for saying, “Watch out for deer,” when I left her house nine years ago.
Glad you’re OK! We drove up to Minneapolis over the weekend and saw so many deer on the side of the road. Hitting one was a huge fear of mine. Sorry for the car!
you’re welcome.
Oh, PJ! I’m glad you are okay. I was happy to see a post on SIMA but sorry to hear that you were in a car accident. That must have been super scary. Let me know if you need any assistance or need to take off hours or something. Looking forward to seeing you.
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wow, i just was catching up – i’m SO sorry and SOOOO glad you’re OK! deer are scary!