I am sorry to hear about the people who were killed in that car accident. How very sad. Thank you for looking out for us and warning us Pet Talk folks about the dangers of driving recklessly. I have never been in a car accident while driving but a couple of good friends of mine in high school got in a very serious accident while it was pouring rain and they were on the freeway. They were going too fast. Their car began to go out of control from hitting a deep water puddle, and they were hit by a hit & run car and badly injured, then when they were just starting to open the doors to attepmt to run to the side of the freeway where it was more safe another car hit them and ran, and then another. They were hit and ran from 3 times. There were 4 girls in the car. All of them were pretty badly injured, and one of them later died from her injuries. I did not know the girl that died, she was a recent graduate, but it was still sad. My good friend lost her front 3 teeth and had other "fixable" injuries like 2 broken wrists and cuts that required stiches. My other good friend had a consusion and a shattered leg, broken shoulder, and a big, deep, dangerous cut in her neck. The third girl was not hurt too bad, but bad enough to miss 3 weeks of school.

Ever since that accident, although I was not in the car, I was supposed to be. They were going to an outlet store about an hour away and they invited me. I did not feel like going that day. God works in mysterious ways. I normally would have jumped at the opportunity to go to the outlet mall, the prices were great and, being a female high school student, I enjoyed shopping and buying new clothes. God knew it was not in my plans to be in that car so I had the strange uninterest in going there at that specific time. I have been forever careful, maybe overly careful, while driving especially on the freeway. My way of thanking God for keeping me out of that car is to be so very careful because life is a gift and we should all be gratious for this wonderful gift.