Grateful

Yesterday started out great with sunny skies in TN and shopping with a trip to the Rainforest Adventures Zoo before heading back home. We had a wonderful time looking at all the animals. Mr. C enjoyed the goats/lambs and Cinderella loved everything!

We left the zoo around 12:30pm. Our first traffic jam was just past Sevierville near Kodak, TN. We sat in that traffic for about an hour. Then, everything was smooth sailing for awhile. We stopped for gas at Williamsburg, KY and about 15 miles later was the beginning of another traffic nightmare.

We just passed London's exit when we hear on the radio about the accident. Not knowing that area well enough we couldn't think of anything but to stay on the highway. We sat in traffic for about 4 hours. It was just awful!! People were getting out of their cars, letting their dogs out, talking to people in other cars and I saw people heading to the woods for a nature call.

The kids did remarkably well considering this was our 3rd traffic nightmare in 3 days. We had snacks and drinks so that kept all of us comfortable. If we just had a toilet, all would have been tolerable. We had to shut off our van to keep the engine from overheating. I did over 10 word searches and the DVD player and Kindles kept the kiddos entertained.

I was then starting to think, if we had not stopped for gas, we could have been in that awful accident that took the life of a man from our state. We also heard that his wife is a teacher and is in serious condition. Another couple in the city next to us was hurt as well. This accident involved 3 semis with one of them being an oil/liquid tanker. I am so thankful for the Lord protecting us from being there when that accident happened. His protection is just amazing! We are so grateful to be alive, unhurt, safe and that although we were uncomfortable for 4 hours, it's so much better than what could have happened!!