"This is the Gladlyville fire department calling."
Our 9yo was biking home from a friend's house this evening. He saw the turning pickup truck too late; he couldn't get stopped. He slammed hard into the back of the truck, hard enough to warp the wheel and flex the fork.
He had sped away from home with no helmet. Bareheaded, he slammed into that pickup truck.
He's fine. Thanks be, thanks be -- he's fine. He has a sore thumb. I know what to do for a sore thumb.
A neighbor saw the collision and called 911. They sent two police cars, two fire trucks and an ambulance. [Edited: two police cars, two fire dept. ambulances. It was a little confusing when he first came home.] My husband took the call. I knew something was wrong. "I'll be right there," he told them. "Joe's fine," he said to me when he hung up the phone, "but he was clipped by a pickup truck."
I held out my arms to Joe when he walked in the door and he stepped into them, brushing away tears. Thank God for guardian angels.
Oh my dear, I'm thanking the Lord right now for protecting Joe. So so scary... Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Lilian | October 01, 2011 at 11:16 PM
so thankful that he's fine. Oh, my.
Posted by: Tracy | October 01, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Oh praise God. Tomorrow is Guardian Angels, right? (I guess it's today by now...) No coincidence, I think. Thank God.
Posted by: Miriel | October 02, 2011 at 12:08 AM
So glad he's okay.
Posted by: jecathre | October 02, 2011 at 05:36 AM
What an awful scare. Thank God he's all right.
Posted by: Bearing | October 02, 2011 at 06:37 AM
So glad he is ok. Still praying....
Posted by: Gina | October 02, 2011 at 09:28 AM
So scary. Thank goodness he's okay.
Posted by: Tall Kate | October 02, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Oh! Scary. Glad he's okay.
Posted by: el-e-e | October 03, 2011 at 08:05 AM
Oh, whoa. My heart stopped when I read this. Thanks be to God that he is ok.
Posted by: Carmen | October 04, 2011 at 08:45 AM
My heart stopped, too. I'm so grateful he's okay!
Posted by: Pippi | October 04, 2011 at 01:23 PM
Thanks be to God that he is okay.
What a horrible scare.
Posted by: Alexandra | October 05, 2011 at 09:37 PM