A Slightly Bigger Adventure...

I love adventures and detours, most times......

Sunday evening, my older brother Justin, his girlfriend Kristen, and I were heading back to school after spending a great weekend at home.

As we were leaving the thriving metropolis of Kingston, Michigan, we drove by a cemetery where one of Justin's high school classmates is buried.  She was killed in a car accident a few years before.  Justin then told us the story of how he had a dream of that exact same thing happening to the very person it happened to just a couple weeks before the accident occurred.  It mentally jarred me for the next few minutes, until I received a text message that jarred me even more.

One of my close friends from high school, who is currently in Guatemala, received word that her uncle had just passed away.  I read the message a few more times to make sure I was reading it correctly before reading aloud to my brother, who then told me to relay the message to my parents.  For the next little while, I tried getting more information for my parents and brother and for my own mental comfort.  The night didn't stop there.

About 15 minutes after receiving the news, I was comfortable enough to begin drifting off to sleep, when a giant thud shook the car.  Now all three of us in the car were freaking out.  I didn't see it, but a large doe literally ran itself into the driver's side of the car.  Justin pulled over in a nearby driveway to examine the extent of the damage.  Compared to most deer accidents, the damage was not that bad: there was a dent that spread from the front tire to the middle of the driver's side door, and the door was not as cooperative when it came to opening.  However, the car was still legally drivable, nothing was missing, there was no shattered or broken glass, and no one was hurt.  After some time of cooling off, in a figurative and literal sense, we proceeded to get a police report, and then to finish our trip back to school.  I was on edge for the next half hour, but calmed down enough to enjoy the rest of the ride.

No one was hurt, and it's something that we can look back on and kinda laugh a little, but it was enough to make me think about what I truly value.

God certainly has His ways of kicking us in the pants...