Blessings in Unexpected Situations

As many of you guys know, Caden, the girls and I, were in a freak accident last Saturday. It could have been so much worse then it ended out being. We were definitely being watched over.

We were spending the day looking around at the different nursery's in Vernal, to get ideas for our landscaping. We stopped at the Nursery in Jensen and started to head back home. As we were pulling out of the parking lot, Caden started to tell me about this specific tree and to look it up on my phone. I thought to myself "I will do it later," and just kept talking to him. As we got farther down the highway, going 65 mph, he brought it up again to look up this tree. So I thought "k, I better take a look." My phone was in the middle console between us, so I leaned to the left, and looked down at my phone. The very second I leaned and looked down, I heard a loud pop and felt something hard hit my head. We were peppered with glass. I had no idea what had happened. My hands immediately went up to my head and I could tell I was bleeding. As I looked up I could see a small hole in our window with shattered glass all around it. Instantly Caden, asked if I was alright. I told him I was fine and to just head to the ER. We checked back on the girls to make sure they were alright too. Shelby was freaked out but luckily Sadie had slept through it. The whole time we were heading to the ER, Caden and I, had no idea what had just hit our windshield. I seriously thought I was shot. We called Cadens sister and had her meet us at the hospital to pick up the girls.

 We got to the hospital and when I stood up to get out of the truck a tire balance fell out of my lap. I instantly knew that was what had flown through our window and hit me. We ran into the ER and they got me back right away.

None of the doctors or nurses could believe what had happened. They said with the speed the tire balance had to have been going, and weight of it, it could have killed me. They cleaned it out, numbed it, and gave me 2 stitches. The doctor could see my skull, so he wanted to do a CT Scan just to make sure that it didn't crack my skull, or cause any internal bleeding.

They told me it would be about 20 minutes before they had my results from the CT Scan. As I sat there waiting I could not help but feel the love our Father in Heaven had for me and my little family. I gained a strong testimony of 2 things while I was sitting in that hospital room.

One, our Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. Caden and I try our best to have a morning prayer with our little family daily. In our prayer we always ask a blessing of safety and protection. We were truly blessed with safety and protection that day. So much worse could have came from that accident.

Two, I gained a testimony of the love our Father in Heaven and Jesus has for each of us. When I realized that tire balance could have went straight back and hit Shelby in the face or Sadie, it terrified me. I would have taken a tire balance in the head for Shelby and Sadie any day! The love I felt for them was so strong at that moment, and it made me realize just how much our Heavenly Father, and Jesus love us too. Heavenly Father sent his only begotten son, and Jesus suffered, bled, and died for us, all so we can return and live with them, and our families again.

The doctor came back with my results and said that everything looked great. They could see where the balance had hit me, because I had a dent in my skull, but there was no bleeding in my brain or a crack! It was miraculous I only walked away with 2 stitches and a headache.

It still feels like a crazy dream when I think about what happened. I can still hear the loud pop, and I have a couple of stitches to remember it by. But it could have been so much worse.

I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father, that he was watching over us that day. That even though it was a crazy freak accident, I only ended up with two stitches. If Caden wouldn't have been inspired to ask me to look something up on my phone, not once but twice, I probably wouldn't have my eye. I'm so grateful for Caden, being a righteous priesthood holder, and an amazing husband and father, who provides so well for our little family. I have a strong testimony of the power of prayer and the love our heavenly family has for us. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be the mother of Shelby and Sadie. The love I have for them and Caden is so strong.

I think sometimes we find ourselves in a situation where we think, "why me?" or "why did this have to happen?" when a lot of the times there is a blessing to follow, or a blessing right in front of us.. It is so amazing to have the knowledge that we are not alone when we go through these situations. We have someone who is looking out for us, protecting us, and blessing us. Saturday definitely proved to be full of blessings in an unexpected situation.

XOXO, Missy