First Snow Of The Season

Every first snow of the season brings back a rather scary memory. Four years ago, I went shopping the day after Thanksgiving with a friend. We knew it was gonna snow later that day for the first time that year. But, somehow, it came a lot earlier than the forecast. Afraid of getting stranded, we headed home after about 15 minutes or so of heavy downpour. The roads were already slick by then. While driving, I kept my focus and tried to remember what my husband told me to do when it comes to slippery and tricky road conditions. Back then, we lived about 25 miles from the shopping area. When we were about 2 miles from home, I lost control of the vehicle. Apparently, I hit some ice and the car slid off the road. We landed on the ravine. If it wasn't for that big tree that stopped the car from going down further, we probably would have ended up in the lake. Boy, was that scary! Thank God we were ok, but not my 2-year old car. I totaled it! When the police officer came, who happened to be a good friend from church, he told us that he had already responded to three more accidents in the last few hours. One had two fatalities while the rest had some really bad injuries and were airlifted to the nearest big hospital. Then we found out later on that there were around 17,500+ accidents that same day alone all throughout Wisconsin due to the bad weather condition. Though I lost the car, I was grateful that God kept us safe from harm that day.