Coils & Curls Blog

Chris & I were in a car accident! OMG! But we are both ok. Thank the Lord!
Now, how do I begin this story…
Well, first off, Chris and I love the mountains and we planned since last week to head up there this Sunday morning. Weather reports warned to expect snow on Saturday - and it snowed. So, we thought we were good for a go on Sunday morning (this morning.) Saturday night I had a dream that gave me pause about the trip. I asked Chris whether he still thought we should head up and he said “yes” so I chose not to share the dream with him. We cleaned up, ate, packed up and headed out. As we pulled out of the drive, I checked for my wallet and found that I had forgotten it. I asked Chris to pull back into the driveway so that I could go in and look for it. As he pulled back in, we sort of slipped around on the snow in the driveway, that reminded me of my dream and after I returned to the car I thought I should share it with Chris before we started up the mountain.
We were pulling out onto the freeway (I-70) in our Honda Civic, driving in the left-hand lane when I started the story. And y’all know how I take my time telling a good story (this one included) Anyhoo, the dream went like this:

Chris and I were near the San Andreas fault line on vacation. There were earthquake rumblings and experts were saying that THE BIG ONE was going to happen within a few days. Well, natives of the state were hesitant saying that they hear this kind of thing all of the time and that we shouldn’t be nervous; but for some reason I still was. So, I told Chris (in the dream) “We need to leave now. We should not be here. Let’s not tempt fate.” He was not convinced for 2 more days. Only after we got stuck on an elevator during a small quake did he agree that we should pack up and go home. But by then, the highways were packed with people and we ended up getting stuck there and died when THE BIG ONE hit. (End of Dream.)

(Back in the car…) Chris says, “So, its MY fault we died in the quake?” I said, “Yes. You wouldn’t listen to me. I was warning you of danger and if you had listened we would have made it out of there before THE BIG ONE hit.” He said, “Of course it would be MY fault!!” We both started laughing. “Even in your dreams its MY fault.” He said with a smile. “So, why are you telling me this? Are you saying we should not be out here on these roads in this weather?” I replied, “Well I don’t know exactly. One may have nothing to do with the other. But I am saying that the lesson of my dream was that we ’should not tempt fate.’” Just then, a pickup truck ahead of us in the center lane started to slip into the far right-hand lane. I pointed to it and said, “See! And that’s a truck! A truck, and its slipping around on these roads. Do you think we should just turn back?” As I was asking the question, that very same truck bounced off of the railing on the right-hand said of the road and slid over 4 lanes of traffic right in front of us. I said, “We’re going to hit him.” I looked over to make sure Chris had his belt on. Then I looked back and said again, “We’re going to hit him.” And we did. We t-boned the truck. The airbags deployed as they were suppose to function, and our seat-belts functioned as they were suppose to function. Shortly afterward as we were waiting for the police, another accident happened just a few yards from us! I turned to Chris and I said, “Do you see! Its just like my dream! We were not suppose to tempt fate!” Chris smiled looking back at me and said, “Yeah, great job Carole! Next time, why don’t you use your powers for good and go pick some lottery numbers or something.” I decided to shut up at that point. Because I knew this would be a story I could repeat to him for DECADES to come!!! Lucky Chris, huh!

Needless to say, we are both ok and loving each other back at home - glad to be alive! Thank the Lord! But check out the pictures below… I can’t believe that is our car!