6 years ago
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Sweet Blessing
I have to say that I am so grateful that I have a Heavenly Father that loves and watches over each of his children. I truly believe this and know that miracles do happen. Tonight was one of my worst fears. I was getting ready to go to mutual. The kids were super excited to go to the neighbors house so I sent Ady, Matt and Bennett off...they of-course wanted to walk. I yelled to Matt and Ady to make sure Bennett got to "E"s house safely, that they were to watch him. I went back inside to grab Warren and the rest of my stuff. I headed out to the car. I didn't see the kids anywhere and assumed they made it to "E"s house. I popped Warren in, got in the car and switched it to reverse....seconds later I heard a horrible scream...slammed the car into drive....park....and rushed to the back of my car to see Bennett on the ground screaming. Without thinking too much and shaking uncontrollably I grabbed him and layed him in the front seat. I got to "E"s house just as her son and husband pulled up. I yelled to her son to open the door and in a panic yelled to "E" that I'd just hit Bennett with my car. She rushed to him, we noticed his foot was swelling, his pants were torn and he was screaming. She ran and grabbed Warren out of the car and I headed to the ER calling Davis on my way. He cried most of the way there, he was shaking like he was cold. I was shaking. I silently prayed over and over.....first thanking my Heavenly Father that he was alive and second that his feet/legs would be okay. I rushed him into the ER where they took him back immediately. After a quick look over they said he was okay, but they wanted to do a full x-ray to make sure. They were pretty sure his ankle was broken, but not sure on his leg or foot. Davis arrived soon after...luckily at this point I was a bit more calm, more sick to my stomach that this had happened. To make a long story short, the Dr came back in and told me that the xrays came back and amazingly nothing was even broken. We were so incredibly blessed tonight. My Father-in-law had come to help Davis give him and blessing. I'm also sure he was there for me. As they were doing xrays I stepped out of the room with my Father-in-law. He smiled at me and said, "I know exactly what you are feeling. I ran over Trevor (one of the twins) many years ago. Thankfully he was okay, nothing broken just bruising." We had a nice talk and when we went back in we had a nice talk with Davis, since Davis remembered it. We also realized that today was the Twins birthdays. I KNOW without a doubt in my mind that we were blessed to have everything turn out okay on their birthday and we are so blessed to have them serving so faithfully on their missions. Thank you Trevor and Scott for being so faithful, I know by your service our family was blessed today. I am so grateful for the gospel and a kind and loving Father in Heaven. I am also grateful for the YW Camp Challenge to read our scriptures and pray morning and night. I know that because of this my life has been blessed. I Love You Bennett....Mommy is sooooo sorry!!!!! Get better soon.
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8 comments:
Oh my goodness!!! So glad he's safe. That is on every mom's list of greatest fears. This post made me cry for all of you. How awful.
I'm totally bawling! I'm so glad everything is OK, you are truly blessed.
Love you guys, give Benn-o a kiss from me!
Oh Holly, so sorry! You are an amazing mom. Heavenly Father is ALWAYS aware of each of us and directly blesses us for ALL our efforts. So grateful to hear everyone is okay...just forgive yourself.
Holly! How terrifying! I am SO GLAD that everything is okay. That is definitely one of my biggest fears. No matter how careful you are, things can still happen. I am so sorry for Bennett's pain and your trauma!
Oh man! I'm so glad he's okay! I seriously have bad dreams about doing that--so much so, that we park backwards at our house so I always can see out front when we're pulling out. I figure I usually have the kids in the car with me when I pull into the driveway, but can't always guarantee that when I pull out! I'm grateful that Heavenly Father watches out for us too! Good luck getting over the guilt!
Oh, Holly! I am so glad that Bennett is okay. I am just sick thinking about that happening to you. Tears of gratitude that it all ended up okay.
-Amber
phew - I had wanted to call... but I ahdn't heard anything yet, so I had been waiting. We were praying for you guys. Sounds like you handled it wonderfully. Let me know if you need anything
ANGELS DO WALK AMONG US!! I am so sure of this.
Bennett you are an amazing young man with such strength.
Mama and Papa love you so much and are so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father... Who answers prayers.
Hugs and kisses
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