So much to be thankful for.....

Here is a picture of Emily and her big sister, Zoey, just a few short hours before "it" happened. Snuggled all cozy side-by-side with their favorite stuffed animals.

On our way home from a really fun day of playing in the snow... We were traveling on Hwy 20, we were only about 5 miles out of Bend. It was getting dark, it had been snowing and the roads were really icy. I was driving really cautiously because these conditions can be really scary. This "person" (I'd love to call him several more vulgar names), decides that it would be a good idea for him (and his 3 other passengers) to pass us. Please take note that I am driving about 35 mph and I drive a Durango. It is not a small vehicle. Anyways, he proceeds to move into the oncoming lane and gets back over, I am thinking, good, because that would be stupid. Well, not more than about 15 seconds later, he proceeds to get in the oncoming lane, again. Just as he was about to go around, his 4Runner slips on the ice. Go figure, Mr. Smarty-Pants. He hits the rear left corner of our Durango and sends us spinning. We slide (in slow-motion, I swear) sideways into the oncoming lane and proceed to do a 360. As we are sliding backwards, we get to watch his 4Runner go into the ditch on and flip over a couple of times. That is a sight I will remember for a long time. Our Durango turns all the way around, goes into the ditch on the opposite side of the road. As we finally come to a stop, Rocky makes sure that we're all okay, jumps out of the car and runs to see if they are okay. He slips in the middle of the road and falls on his back. That's how slick the highway was. Anyways, he gets to them, and helps them out. They are all okay. As I watch him to make sure they were okay, I'm busy calming sweet Zoey down, she's really shaken up. If you can believe it, my angel Emily sleeps through it! As soon as Rocky returns to be with us, I try so hard to keep cool. (Which he later commented on how calm I was the entire time.) I get out of the Durango, pull my girls out, hold them and just cry.
That was way too close for me. It really scared me how one small move from someone else could have completely changed my life. I don't know what I would do had this have been any different. I wanted to rip that guys head off. Just to think of what he could have taken from me.
Thank god, someone was watching over my family that day... I am so thankful. FOR EVERYTHING. Especially for the safety my Durango provides my family!