My Teenager has a Charmed Life

Isn't your daughter lucky. :)) Mom's okay with us not using seatbelts when we're in the back of the car. I put them on sometimes though; it pays to be safe sometimes. It's nice to know that her angel's been watching over her, but I pray that these... these accidents come to an end soon.

Good to hear that your daughter is ok after all of that! Some people certainly do seem to have an angel on their shoulder. My children aren't of driving age yet, but I am hoping they don't have the experiences I did as a teen. My first year of driving was perfect. My 2nd year was something else. It was wintertime and there was snow on the road. I was distracted for only a moment but when I looked up the car in front of me had stopped. I hit my brakes but went into a slide. I side-swiped the rear corner of the car and ended up in the ditch on the other side of the road facing the opposite direction of where I had been going. Luckily I had managed to miss all oncoming traffic. The car was still driveable too. That same week I was driving at night - being extra careful after what happened. I made a left turn onto a main road and the rear of the car started sliding which threw me into a big swerve. In trying to avoid hitting oncoming traffic I ended up over correcting and drove over a 4 foot ditch that sent my car head over heels. I landed upside down. Was able to undo my seatbelt and crawl out after some people pulled my door open. I never saw the wreck myself. They had it cleaned up by the time I returned home from the hospital. I heard though, that the windshield had blown out and the car was totalled. A couple months later I was driving at night after a long day. I fell asleep at the wheel, woke up just as I entered a curve...too late. I hit a road marker, turned into the ditch and hit a telephone pole. I hitched a ride home. A few months after THAT, I was driving home from a night shift job and fell asleep again. Woke up entering a curve, swerved a couple times but the car went out of control and went off the road. Hit a barbed wire fence post which must have tangled the fender because I flipped. I know I hit my head because my headband broke. I landed right-side up this time and was all set to ride home. But a guy stopped and advised me to go to the hospital just to be sure. So my guardian angel was working over-time too! Walked away from each accident without a single injury. And since then, my driving history has improved immensely.

I don't have teenaged children -- in fact, I don't have any children -- but I can relate. I think my own personal guardian angel has been working overtime, too. My assistant is knocking on wood as she types this, that both said angels don't get overworked and abandon us. Because God knows what would happen then! For myself, in the past month, my new wheelchair has tipped over twice with me in it. The last time, I seriously thought I was either going to die or end up a quadriplegic. Neither one of those things happened, thank the Lord. As I was falling over, my last thought was, "okay, Lord, I'm coming to meet you; I'm sorry about it being in my underwear."

OMG!! I am glad she and the others are all ok! I am glad she wears her seat belt. My daughter and I also ALWAYS wear our seat belts. My son, on the other hand doesn't. I tell him all the time he needs to, but he thinks he know it all, He had a wreck the other day. Everyone is okay though. The baby was not with them. The daughter was wearing her seat belt. They hit a patch of ice and swerved to avoid the car ahead of them, not knowing that the car coming up in the other lane behind them was speeding and hit them, knocking them into the car in front anyway. ALWAYS ALWAYS WEAR A SEAT BELT!!

I dont have a teen yet, but i wanted to say that i'm glad she wasn's seriously injured in any of her accidents. . I hope she stays safe and healthy :) I am scared for my daughters to grow up for just such reasons! and many more! HOW will i cope when i have to let them out of my sight!! lol.