Tuesday, July 1, 2008

a year older...and more thankful than ever






july 1st, 2008 -- did i forget that i own a blog? i am a whole year older since i last updated -- celebrated my birthday (my shared birthday with my husband, but he has 2 years on me) on sunday -we'll just say i feel 24 still! wishful thinking..actually, i am happy to be older and here and healthy - we were out celebrating on saturday night with friends and as we were driving to our destination, we witnessed a horrible car accident. not sure what got into me, but i was out of the car to help the victims before my husband could even turn around and see me in the back seat. i helped get one girl out of her car and then held another very injured guy's head upright and did my best to keep him awake until the paramedics arrived --the whole event was extremely sobering and alarming - one of the two guys in the car was to get married that following day - could you imagine? i have no idea if they survived and can't seem to shake this concern and horrible feeling for what happened...if i hadn't been with friends, i would have gone straight home to just go into my girls' room and just stare at them -- i remember even inviting them to just come home and stare at them with me! really makes you count your blessings..and those two are my most precious blessings i own! with this holiday weekend approaching, everyone pleeeeeeeease buckle up, stay safe, and drive carefully! above are a few blasts from the past of my little fourth of july babies -time sure does fly!

1 comment:

The 3 of us said...

Jen, I can't believe the pictures of Mia and Maddie- they look so little...and seem so grown up now :) Great pics and love your blog.

the number of times per day an average preschooler laughs - 400! the average number of times per day an average adult laughs - 15. let's get laughing!