A blessing in disguise

About 2 weeks ago we had an interesting day. We were heading down to Salt Lake City from Heber City so that Todd could go to scouts. After several delays, we were almost an hour late arriving in Salt Lake, but we were still going to get to scouts on time, but we missed our exit off the freeway because we couldn't get over in time.

As we arrived at the off ramp for the next exit, we had come to a complete stop as well as the 3 cars behind us. Unfortunately the 4th car behind us didn't stop. After plowing into the rear end of the first car he tried to veer to the left, popped his tire and bounced down the row of cars ending on us. All 4 of the cars were completely totaled, with axles, glass and shards of metal everywhere. We were the only ones to be able to drive away from the accident. One lady was taken to the hospital, but everyone else was fine.

Needless to say we didn't make it to scouts that night.

Now most people would think that this would be a completely negative experience, but we have been extrordinarily blessed. Although the damage to our car was minimal, the value of our car is also fairly inexpensive, so our car was considered totaled and we were given a check for $4000 to replace it. As Todd has been out of work for some time, this has been a huge blessing to pay bills and build our savings a bit more. Every experience is for our good, whether we see it or not. We have been so blessed to be safe and make some money at the same time.