In Memory

She's been very good to us. The longest we've ever owned a vehicle and she had lots more to give. Unfortunately, I was looking up at the camera over the stop light and didn't notice the car in front of me. I did my best to slam on the brakes but my best wasn't good enough at that point. The grandma with her 3 teenage granddaughters in the mini van in front of me were luckily just fine (a little emotional). Her van had some bumper and muffler damage but she was able to drive off. Boston was in the middle row passenger seat as I had just picked him up from school and was headed to pick the twins up from their school. He was crying his head off because he thought I was going to be arrested. No arrest was made. Just a hefty citation for "following too closely."

Today, we got the news that our car is not worth fixing so it will be totaled out. We were planning on getting a new car in a year or so but as I've said before, things don't always go as planned. Our hope is to get another Toyota Sienna. Jackson wants it to be black. Sounds good to me. This is when insurance makes lots of sense and you are grateful you have it.

The good news is that this is the third incident in our life: first was the move/home sale, second the job loss and now the totaled vehicle. They say things happen in 3's so we can rest easy now. Ha, ha! If only that's how it worked?! No really the good news is that everyone is healthy, no injuries - just a few wrinkles added to the collection.