Thank you, Lord:

-that I had faith in you the entire time

-that I did not see the other car long enough to be afraid as she ran into me

-that because it was an old green light, all the other cars had passed through and there was no more oncoming traffic remaining (or any traffic, for that matter) when I swerved through four lanes at 50 mph

-that I had my seatbelt on, and I didn't hit any of the 4 airbags that deployed in my car

-that I just missed the median that divides about 90% of Palatine Expressway

-that I did not flip over as I hopped the divider between the expressway and the the feeder lane

-that the semi I hit was standing still

-that I hit the truck in the "best" place possible--a little to the left, and I would have hit the driver; a little to the right, I would have wedged myself completely underneath the truck

-that the other car's driver was not hurt

-that there were witnesses to testify

-that You provided both friends AND family almost instantly and with perfect timing...Wayne and Hannah, just happening to be on their way to church when it happened; my dad having gone through the same spot just 15 minutes earlier on his way to a golf outing; Do Sung, who came right away despite service about to begin and then stayed with me the WHOLE time the ENTIRE DAY ...

-that despite 13 x-rays and a CATscan, I have nothing more that superficial wounds and muscle pain

-that I get two days off from work (i do miss my kids, but hey, vacation is vacation), making "Thanksgiving Break" an entire week for me

-AND ESPECIALLY..................................................................................................... that You use everything and anything for Your glory...my dad, the nonbeliever, shared about how he was so thankful to "my and my mom's God" for protecting me and honoring our faith in Him.  Dad said that given how the accident occurred, he truly considered what happened nothing short of a miracle.  And I think THAT is the real miracle.  PRAISE GOD.  And yes, I am alive and well, thank you.   

If you notice, I hit the truck where the triangular truck stand was (the legs that hold the back part of the truck when it's not attached to the front driver part)...had I missed that, I would have slid INTO the the bottom of the truck. Sigh.  Poor car...

  The car that hit me.  She turned INTO me from the feeder lane, trying to turn left onto Wheeling--when it had been my green for the last few minutes (I guess you'd have to know Palatine traffic patterns to know what I'm talking about, but it wasn't as though she was trying to run and last minute yellow on her lane...it had been red while my lane was green for awhile.  And again, thank goodness for that, otherwise there would've been cars in all the other lanes that I would have run into!)...