No tracks to follows
@AnneEJ (4917)
Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
February 29, 2016 9:43pm CST
I just read a post by @paigea about making the first tracks in the snow.
It reminded me of an incident that happened many years ago. I had to drive a few miles to work every morning and dropped my two children off at the baby-sitters on the way. I also picked up a couple of others who worked at the same place.
One morning after a snowstorm, I was driving down a side road which was covered with snow and you could not tell where the ditches were. I got over two far and put the car off the road, and was unable to get it out.
We got out of the car and walked the short distance to my sister-in-law's, and on the way we met the plow coming. My son and daughter were running ahead of us. He saw the plow and got off the road, but my daughter didn't see it at first. I was so scared it was going to hit her, as snow was flying high and the driver probably didn't even see her. At the last minute, she realized what was happening and ran out of the way.
I believe with all my heart that God was protecting her that morning, and gave Him thanks for it.
My brother-in-law took us back to the car, and had a lot of shoveling to do, because the plow had almost buried my car.
So I don't like to be the first one to make tracks in the snow.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
@LadyDuck So you were still in school when that happened, Anna? That would be even worse I'd think, to lose a classmate in that fashion.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
@AnneEJ There are many times when we don't even know what He's protecting us from, that's why it's good to be thankful all the time, and pray about everything we do.
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
2 Mar 16
@MarshaMusselman You are so right. I can think of many times when He has been there to protect me and my family from danger and harm. I can't imagine trying to live without the presence of the Lord.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
1 Mar 16
that was the hands of God friend.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
I was going to suggest on paige's page that you mention her in yours, but I see that you did that already. Many people don't which I don't understand. I think it's cool to see how one of our memories will spur a remembrance in another person.
I think God was watching out for your daughter that day as well. It was scary just reading about it. I thought at first that the person plowing might help you get out of the ditch, but he seemed oblivious. Did you have to have a wrecker pull your car from the ditch? Surely you couldn't manage that with the help of relatives?
My daughters car spun off the road when she was on the way to a piano recital for college. It spun off the road twirled around and landed facing the road in a ditch off the highway. The road was plowed, but she hit a patch of ice when she moved to the one lane open too late.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Mar 16
@AnneEJ I was riding home from a school in the mid eighties and the car we were en went into a low ditch too. We prayed and someone stopped by to help us out right afterward. We wondered whether God sent an angel to our rescue.
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
2 Mar 16
We were not near the car when the plow went by it. My brother-in-law shoveled and with us pushing we were able to get out. It was not a deep ditch and that was the problem. You could not tell where the sides of the road were, and I got over too far in the deep snow.
I know God was watching out for us, and I thanked Him again yesterday for being there to protect us
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
3 Mar 16
@MarshaMusselman You are probably right, sometimes good neighbours are angels in disguise.
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
1 Mar 16
I hadn't thought of it for awhile, but I will always remember seeing that plow coming towards her and being too far away to do anything.
@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
1 Mar 16
I will always be thankful for the Lord protecting her
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
2 Mar 16
wow.... I'm glad she got out of the way..... I'm not surprised you don't like driving in the snow either ....
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@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
1 Mar 16
Wow that's a pretty scary story and glad it wasn't catastrophic with your daughter getting hurt.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 16
@AnneEJ I'm sure ti taught her not to go running off, and to be watchful of her surroundings.
