An Angel Rode with Her

true story about the night my wife dodged Death, with help from an angel, delivering a miracle

An Angel Rode with Her

 

On a long-darkened evening with skies crisp and clear,

The glare from one’s high-beams exposed a young deer.

The young deer was lucky and scurried to safety;

This happened quite often, though not so much lately.

When another one’s high-beams flashed brightly again

My love’s vision, impaired, caused confusion, and then

The impact came loudly and spun her car ‘round;

When the spinning was over she lay hard on the ground.

 

She was rushed to the hospital, shock blurring her memory,

With great skill the health workers did their jobs adroitly.

When they reached IRMC she’d come out of shock,

The kindly State Trooper was there to take stock

Of the damage inflicted, the report on the crash;

He took all of her info with professional panache.

Thanking God is incumbent for the health of my wife;

For an angel rode with her and saved her dear life.

 

 

            On the evening of November 8, 2014 my wife was in our car, on her way back from visiting her daughter and grandson. She took her eyes off of the road for 2 seconds, to adjust the heat…when she looked up a car with those hideously bright high-beams actually blinded her to oncoming traffic for a few seconds. A coal truck, a monstrously large and heavy dump truck, collided with our car after she strayed across the center line.

               The two vehicles collided, hitting each other on the front left corners of each…right around her left headlight. The force of the collision sheared off the entire left side of our car, then spinning the car around several times. The floorboard dropped to the roadway, along with the driver’s seat. The impact, and the air bags, knocked Dee to her right…she believes that she was unconscious for a brief spell, after which she felt someone pulling her to her feet and out of the car to the roadway. She remembers a moderate drizzle getting her hair wet and the road shiny.

               An ambulance had arrived on the scene and the EMT’s strapped her to a stretcher, securing her head so as not to allow the head to move. They took her to Indiana Regional Medical Center’s emergency room. (I should mention that she called me, from the ambulance, and told me she was on the way to the hospital and she needed me. I was nearly hysterical and I don’t even remember calling a taxi to get to her. I arrived at the ER and was ushered into an examination room; I then saw Dee sitting up in bed talking to her older daughter Kelly, a small butterfly bandage on her forehead. I rushed to the other side of the bed and asked her if she was hurt, and if so could I hug her anyway. She said that she felt fine. An attending nurse told me that she was most likely in shock and could not remember the collision.

               About that time two PA State Police Troopers came in to get her information to file their report on the incident. They spoke briefly to me and it was then that they told me that they had no idea how she had survived the crash. Her only injury was that small scratch on her forehead. The phrase, “…no idea how she had survived…” kept running through my head, making me feel lightheaded. That thought still runs through my head to this day.

               But really, I have no doubt as to how she had survived. An angel rode with her, and I am forever grateful. An angel rode with her.

 

dan © 2014

Reviews

[Woody]

a moving and a heart-warming story, Dan. you could be right about the angel. indeed, how else to explain the miraculous escape? some might call it luck, though. in any case, I'm glad it turned out all right.

[dan]

Woody, Thanks so much for your kind words. This happened 6 months ago and I still can't believe how fortunate we were...divine intervention? take care...dan

[Jerome F Knox III pseud..]

and people have the nerve to say that miracles don;t exist....this is not a poem or story this is a testimony...glad everything worked itself out.....

[dan]

Rico, I was not a strong believer in angels, miracles or divine intervention...then my wife Dee's life walked away from what should have been her last drive. Now I have to accept that it's true, there is no alternative explanation. Thanks so much for the review. take care...dan

[Ana D S M]

Very moving and I'm so pleased for this happy ending.
Truly, there must have been a hand involved.

[dan]

aka Lilith, Thank you for your kind words. I've bookmarked your page and will review some of your stuff later today. I too believe that when one writes a review of one of my writes that the favor is to be returned, tit for tat. take care...dan

[Ana D S M]

Thank you. I'm don't really keep score, it's only that I kept receiving messages from people asking for reviews and yet when I asked would they mind I got nothing back. I hope it didn't come across negative. I just felt like they were being selfish.

[dan]

No, I understand. I'm pretty fortunate because I tell my friends to rr me since it's hard to keep track of all my read/review return favors. I in turn send rr's to said friends and they are pretty good about returning the favor. Since you wrote back (and sent a friend request, which I am accepting) I'll head for your page now and read/review at least one. take care...dan

[Confuser]

An angel did indeed ride with her and I am so glad Dan: the poem is wonderful; great flow, descriptions and it kept my interest; you really did a phenomenal job summarizes this with everything that happened. Wow, Dan - thank God she's here. I thought about when I hit a deer; but this is truly a miracle. Thank you for sharing. You guys are truly blessed. Bravo.

[dan]

I was not a big believer in angels or miracles, but this event really made me reexamine my belief system. Something happened that night that I couldn't figure out. That left me with one conclusion, the only one that adds up. Thank you for the wonderful review. take care...dan

[Confuser]

You're welcome dan: Great writing and there are many things we cannot understand. You are right. Dale

[~]

WOW!! First, I am sooo happy that she is alive and well and join with you in gratefulness for the life that was spared. I am sure in moments like this, we get overwhelmed and ask: what did I do to deserve this? why are you so good to me? And I think the answer is just: grace and kindness. Those guardian angels are always with us.
Thank you for opening your heart and sharing this true story with us.

[dan]

ms, thank you. I haven't been particularly religious, or a proponent of divine intervention, for a very long time; this incident, however, changed my thinking a bit because the outcome was so, well, miraculous. Ironically, exactly two weeks later I fell on some ice and broke my ankle. Maybe a kick in the a*s for not being more of a believer? It's said that He works in mysterious ways. Could have been a wakeup call....take care...dan

[RAOrourke]

Wow this brought tears to my eyes. Very powerful and you can feel the love and gratefulness in your writing. Well done!

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The poem, the description and the picture provide us with a clear insight into your reasons for writing this; we don't need to look for meaning in your words. These pieces also provide us with a story of survival that most of us can relate to at some level - either someone we know has survived an accident or we ourselves have found second chances. More than twenty years ago I was knocked off my motorcycle by a driver who was not watching the road. This driver pulled to the left while I was driving by and continued, long after I was taken by ambulance to the hospital, to say she did not see me. After four nights in a hospital room, a dozen x-rays, umpteen blood tests and urine samples, I was released with a few fractures and one broken bone. A witness said I flew thirty-five feet through the air and landed on my back. Yet, aside from stiffness, I was walking by the end of the week. I am blessed to be here and know in my heart that I was being watched over. Thanks for sharing the story of your wife's ordeal and survival for it has given me a reason to reflect again this morning on how precious life is and, to to let my guardian angel know that I am forever grateful. - FT

[dan]

FT, Prior to this incident I had never been a big proponent of angels or miracles or divine intervention. This incident challenged all of my previously held beliefs and I am now confident to admit that there HAD TO be an angel, a divine intervention...when state police and paramedics (not to mention the tow truck driver that hauled the totaled mess away) all marvel that they have never seen anyone walk away from a wreck of this type, well...what else is there to think? Luck? I've always believed that luck is a byproduct of hard work and preparation, not some willy-nilly occurrence. I forgot to mention also that Dee was NOT wearing her seat belt! To my skeptical belief system, that qualifies as miraculous. Thank you for sharing your story, it DOES sound as if you had an angel riding with you that day. I appreciate your review, FT. take care...dan

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You are quite welcome dan. My life - and outlook towards it - changed on that fateful day. Once again, thank you for sharing your story! - FT