Rudolph??

    Ray is always fussing at me because he says that I don't watch for deer or other animals while driving. Just an FYI I have never hit an animal or been in a wreck. If you were to ask Ray that same question he would have to add one to his list now.
    Ray and I were coming home from church Wednesday night. This seemed just like a normal Wednesday night. We were walking to Ray's truck and joking about going to eat at Taco Bell. I LOVE Taco Bell and Ray HATES Taco Bell. We get into the car and I buckle up. When I go to reach for my phone the passenger seatbelt locks. Just like always. Ray is always joking with me that I need a booster seat because I am so short and that's the reason why the child lock always comes on. When we pull out of the parking lot I tell Ray that he better put his seatbelt on. We head toward the best restaurant in the world (haha). I am going through my text messages and telling Ray about my day, what we need to do when we get home, and asking how his day was when all of the sudden I feel Ray hit the brakes (not slam on them). At that moment I look up I see an enormously large buck (8 point, 220 lbs) headed my way. I have always heard that right before you wreck everything slows down and I am here to tell you that this is true. These are the events that I remember that happened in one second but felt like minutes. I remember seeing the buck in the passenger headlights and then feeling the hardest hit that I have ever felt before. I try to glance over at Ray to see if he had ever put on his seatbelt but I couldn't tell. I look up in front of me and see the buck on the hood/windshield then the next image I remember was seeing the buck sliding across into the next lane on its side looking at us. Sometime inbetween all of this my seatbelt had locked and I was screaming because I was pinned to the seat. Instantly I started to smell something that wasn't normal. It was a smell of fear and freon. We were knocked into the grass (almost in the ditch). Instantly I just start randomly crying. I wasn't sure why I was crying, but later after thinking a lot I think I figured it out (will explain later). We drive up to an open spot so that we are out of the way. The smell was filling the truck and I felt like I was going to be sick. I was sweating and thought I may throw up. I tried to open the passenger door but it was jammed. I had to climb out of the back and then set in panic. As soon as the crisp air hit my face I instantly couldn't breath. I put my head between my legs and was able to finally calm down after a couple of minutes.
     I have never expernienced anything like this before. It was one of the scariest events to happen to me. Everything happened so fast and so unexpectly that you don't have time to react. After having time to reflect on this event I think the scariest part was thinking that I didn't know if Ray had put his seatbelt on and that within a second I could loose him. Then of course that started making me think about all of the things that we as a couple haven't experience yet and Ray hasn't experienced yet as a husband and one day as a father. I never want to have that helpless feeling again. Ray if you are reading this I love you so much and don't ever want to experience anything like this again but if I do I want it to be with you. You truly were my knight in shining armor that night. I have to say  that GOD was truly with us. God had his hands on us and protected both of us.