It's been almost 10 years...

When I was a freshman at Texas A&M I was in a terrible car accident. I rolled my Ford Explorer three times on Hwy 21, near Dime Box, Texas. Three years later we realized it was the result of a faulty Firestone tire. On that sunny Sunday in October my life was spared by the grace of God because I had not yet surrendered my life to Christ. I still get chills thinking about how much my God loves me...even when I was still a sinner (Romans 5:8). He was giving me a second chance to come to Him...and I am so thankful. Before I was taken to Austin in the helicopter, three fellow Aggies drove up on the accident. Danny, Chad, and Darsey comforted me until help arrived. It amazes me that complete strangers would care enough to stop, get me out of the mangled vehicle, and wait around to make sure I was okay. Aggies taking care of Aggies. You gotta love it!!! I amazed all the doctors in the ER...no head trauma! I was given 150 staples in my head and sent home the same day. I did lose most of my hair on the left side and had a really hard time completing my first semester at A&M. Danny, Darsey and Chad came to see me after I was released from the hospital and told me that after they got me out of the car I kept telling them, as I was going into shock, that I was a member of the Fighting Texas Aggie Class of 2002. Now you just try and tell me that I don't bleed maroon. Whoop!!! I kept in touch with all three of them for the remainder of my freshman year, but we eventually lost touch. I think about them every Christmas when I hang an ornament filled with ashes from the last Aggie Bonfire on my tree that Danny gave me. Out of the blue on Saturday, I received an email from Jessica White, Danny's wife...whom I have never met. Come to find out she is a friend of my SIL, Charla. Jessica gave me the link to their blog and I enjoyed getting to catch up on their family. From their blog I also linked up to Chad and Darsey's blog. It has been a blessing being able to "reunite" with them over the Internet. They are beautiful people...and they now have two beautiful kiddos between the two of them.