Miracles

Today is a testament of God's greatness and love, and all I can say is, thank God!

What started out as an ordinary Monday unfolded unexpectedly. Since my mom was on vacation today, I was supposed to ride with my sis and bro-in-law to work. But they usually leave late so I opted to take the driver instead. I got to the office at around 8:30 already (which is late for my standards since I usually get in at around 7ish). I had quite a lot of catching up to do so I was engrossed with my work that I didn't notice my celfone. Not until as I was about to meet up with Lec for our morning fix of coffee did I see that my mom texted - saying that she's on the way to Asian Hospital coz my sis got into a car accident.

I panicked and immediately called them up. Turns out his husband, who was driving, didn't see the incoming car and hit it (though they were in the right of way). My sister's head hit the windshield and the impact was really strong that the windshield cracked. Aside from the bump on the head, she had no other injuries but of course they rushed her to Asian. Thank God, everything was ok. The CT scan and xrays were clear. The doctors were even amazed that she had no wound whatsoever. I was relieved upon hearing that and I even told Lec that I would have been in that car if I didn't change my mind at the last minute to have the driver take me to work instead.

With everything settled, I went back to work, thankful that everything was ok. Then as I was about to head out for lunch, my sis called me. I thought it was nothing, just to update me that she's ok and all...but to my surprise, the news literally stopped me in my tracks - my brother, who was driving my sis and my mom home from the hospital, got into an accident this time! What the?!?! This time, a speeding car hit the driver's side of the car. It was obviously the other car's fault (which until now the driver isn't admitting!). This was much worse than the earlier accident and they all had a scare coz my brother was in so much pain and he can't move his body at all.

I found out the details much later. I wasn't able to talk to any of them properly since they were panicking. But by that time, I was in shock. I didn't know what to get out of what just happened. First it was my sister, then my brother who ironically, was driving my sister home. Waaaah! I immediately told Lec about it but he was in a meeting over lunch so I tried to calm myself down. By the time he finished his meeting, I still didn't know what was happening back home but my mom told me that my other uncles were already on their way there to help, and that I don't need to rush home. Not to be superstitious, but with unfortunate things happening in 3s, I was scared to go home!

I don't know how I was able to go through the rest of the afternoon (in fairness, I made good progress on my design!) but I was really windang. By 5ish, my mom finally called and gave me the good news that my brother was ok. He was just badly bruised but he had no broken bones whatsover. Thank God again! 2 miracles in one day!

I felt quite better but still, I wasn't so keen on going home by myself. The accidents were just so freaky and what a coincidence that it happened all in one day to both my siblings. At the back of my mind, I was thinking that I'm the only 'safe' sibling left so please, let me get home in one piece. And little did I know that Lec was thinking about the same thing. As we were having dinner (I wasn't able to eat the whole day - i lost my appetite with all the bad news I got!), I noticed that he was kinda bothered and when I asked what's wrong, that's when he said that he's been trying to figure out how he'd get out of his concall later in the evening and how he'd pack his stuff and all (he's leaving for Davao tomorrow) coz he doesn't want me to go home alone. Awwww. Technically I wasn't really alone since I have the driver with me but he was just so restless and wants to be there with me and make sure that I get home safe and sound. That was the sweetest thing ever. This is defintely one of those times that I'm again so thankful that I have a boyfriend and better yet, that it's him :)

So with that, he literally dropped everything for me :) I don't know how he managed to get out of his call but he somehow got one of his leads to attend instead. We finally got home at around 9pm already and it was such a relief to be with my family, seeing them all ok. Lec stayed for quite sometime, making sure that everyone was alright.

At the end of the day, all I can say was 'Thank you, God'. Thank you for keeping my sister and brother safe despite the severity of those accidents (I was able to see the news clip and I didn't know that it was that bad!). Thank you for keeping my mom strong, having to go through all this just after losing my dad. Thank you for all the friends and family who showed their support and concern (especially to my uncles and cousin who left work in the middle of the day and immediately drove over to help out). And thank you for my boyfriend who has showed, time and time again, his love not just for me but for my entire family.

I've never stopped believing in miracles and as long as you have faith, everything will be alright.