fureverywhere
beloved friend who will always be with us in spiri
- Location
- Northern NJ, USA
Like I need any more excitement in my day. I dropped my daughter off for school late. I have drilled traffic safety into her since she learned to speak. Now that she's grown she'll grumble if I take her hand or steer her by the arm. Sometimes the arm around her shoulder is holding me up when my ankle goes wonky.
But this area is extremely dangerous for pedestrians and bike riders. When you regularly see memorial wreaths at certain intersections it's sobering indeed. But the street by the school was relatively quiet today. I always wait until she is in the front door before I leave just out of habit.
I watched her run across the street and muffled by the car I said out loud " Em what the %&*$ are you DOING?!!!!". Even if you're on fire you NEVER run without looking. Then in slow motion the car clipped her from the side and she was down. The seniors were on the lawn for lunch so we had a full audience...by the grace of G-d she wasn't badly hurt.
Police, teachers, EMTs, teachers, the principal, a blur of people asking questions and pushing forms to be signed. I would be a great emergency service person. Calm and cool under fire...of course later on you have to debrief yourself. But the whole experience was so unreal.
Nothing is broken, she just scraped up an arm and leg pretty bad, the bruises will come tomorrow. Just before the ambulance left I turned to face a young man maybe my eldest son's age. He was almost crying and had a toddler with him. He was the driver. I gave him two bear hugs and patted his back. It wasn't his fault, sometimes accidents just happen, poor guy.
But this area is extremely dangerous for pedestrians and bike riders. When you regularly see memorial wreaths at certain intersections it's sobering indeed. But the street by the school was relatively quiet today. I always wait until she is in the front door before I leave just out of habit.
I watched her run across the street and muffled by the car I said out loud " Em what the %&*$ are you DOING?!!!!". Even if you're on fire you NEVER run without looking. Then in slow motion the car clipped her from the side and she was down. The seniors were on the lawn for lunch so we had a full audience...by the grace of G-d she wasn't badly hurt.
Police, teachers, EMTs, teachers, the principal, a blur of people asking questions and pushing forms to be signed. I would be a great emergency service person. Calm and cool under fire...of course later on you have to debrief yourself. But the whole experience was so unreal.
Nothing is broken, she just scraped up an arm and leg pretty bad, the bruises will come tomorrow. Just before the ambulance left I turned to face a young man maybe my eldest son's age. He was almost crying and had a toddler with him. He was the driver. I gave him two bear hugs and patted his back. It wasn't his fault, sometimes accidents just happen, poor guy.
