Angels Among Us

I truly believe there were Angels looking out for us on Wednesday, October 20th. The kids and I were driving to school. We were about 2 miles outside of town on the HWY when my car started violently shaking. I put two hands securely on the wheel thinking my tire was going flat and was going to blow. From there on, everything seems like a dream. I remember a loud noise and a jolt as my wheel came flying off. I watched the wheel hit the front of an oncoming semi and bounce off behind my car like a bouncy ball into the field. I don't remember how hard we hit or how I was able to control the car enough as we slid all over off to the side of the road. All I know, it by the Grace of God, we were safe. It all happened so fast, when we came to a stop, I looked back to see the kids with very confused faces. I explained to them that we had lost a tire and I was going to get out and look at it. For the next hour and a half we waited for the police to come and take our statements. Nick came right away with big hugs and kisses for everyone. To the outside world, we shouldn't have been so lucky. For me, I was in shock. I still don't remember how hard the car pulled from side to side or how close we came to hitting the oncoming semi. He informed Nick we were 6 inches from collision. When the tow truck came, Nick used a lugnut wrench and found out that 4 out of the 6 lugnuts on the other front passenger side wheel were not torqued down either. Since then it has been one mess after another. We had our tires balanced and rotated about a month before the accident, so there is an investigation into whose insurance will be covering this. However this ends up, my babies and I are safe, and I am grateful. To the company who worked on my tires, please make sure this never happens again.

What I saw when I got out of my car!

What happened to the Semi the tire hit.

Where the tire landed way out in the field!