Last night was the phone call every parent of a teen dreads. About 10 p.m., my mouth full of toothpaste, the phone rings. A tearful voice, "Mom, I got in a car accident!" When my heart started beating again, I determined that Amy and her friends were all unhurt. She'd been going too fast, distracted by her friends and the music, when an animal darted across the road. She swerved to avoid it, hit a little patch of ice and skidded into a fire hydrant. Looks like the car is going to be out of commission for quite a while. Meanwhile I'm trying to come up with a fair combination of grounding and restrictions that fits the transgression.
I'll be back. But it may be a day or two before I have anything worth saying. Meanwhile, I am trying to remember: "All things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose."
I take it if you are going through the grounding and restrictions thinking your daughter is unhurt.
That must have been a hard night for all of you.
How lucky she is to have parents she can call on.
Take care of yourselves.
Posted by: Bene Diction | February 16, 2004 at 01:09 PM
It's a hard thing, isn't it? Our son is 21 and we still sometimes are worried when the phone rings at night. I'm glad Amy is ok. As for Mom, it will take awhile. God bless you.
Posted by: Randy McRoberts | February 16, 2004 at 01:34 PM
At least she still lives at home. We got that call a couple of weeks ago from our 20 y/o who lives 3000 miles away. Thankfully again, no persons were hurt, just cars.
Did she knock the fire hydrant off the base? I did that about 20 years ago - the geyser was quite spectacular.
Posted by: alicia | February 16, 2004 at 07:29 PM
I remember when I backed into a telephone pole with very similar curcumstances. New driver, friends in the car, music on....and BAM! I thought I wanted to die INSTEAD of telling my mom. I thought she would go through the roof but she suprisingly, wasn't as angry as I thought. I was already so angry at myself for making the mistake. Sometimes punishment doesn't fit the crime. Is it possible she is already punishing herself?
Posted by: Diana | February 17, 2004 at 07:26 AM
bless your heart! thank goodness everyone is safe. God is so good!
Posted by: smockmomma | February 17, 2004 at 10:56 AM
Something similar happened to Bernadette a few years ago while she was away at college. Thank God she,too, was unhurt. I couldn't ground her because she was too far away, and besides, it wasn't her fault. Odd, I wanted to ground her anyway.
Posted by: William Luse | February 17, 2004 at 11:40 PM