Have you heard that Carrie Underwood song?

Published: January 14, 2008, 6:17 pm

Tags: lifestyle, health risk, ambulance, car accident, carrie underwood, child, christian, divine intervention, jesus take the wheel, new year, parent, survival, teenager

My kids loaded new songs on my iPod. One of them is sung by Carrie Underwood, a winner on the American Idol television show that our family watches with enthusiasm. The song is called Jesus Take the Wheel and tells the story of a young mother driving home on an icy highway, her sleeping baby in the car seat in the back. Her car goes into a skid and with seeming divine intervention she survives with no injuries and her baby remaining asleep through it all. I am not a very religious person and I am not a Christian, but I did think of that song as we approach the New Year. Yesterday I got that call you hate to receive from your teenager: Dad, it's Ruthie (our 14-year-old). Hannah and I have been in an accident. We are okay, the police are here and the ambulance guy wants to talk with you. My heart is thumping and I am 1,200 miles away. The EMT comes on. Your daughter has an abrasion over her eye but it is not serious. Doesn't even need a bandage. I breathe again.

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