Guardian Angel

Tonight I worked until 8pm, so the sky had a pretty good grip on dusk.  It was that white, gray, light blue shade it gets before true darkness.  And that was the hue that was apparent in all of my mirrors.  Kind of a nothingness color. 

I was just merging onto the 101 at 4th and Irwin in San Rafael.  I had my blinker on and I checked all of my mirrors.  What registered in my mind was the evening hue.  Traffic wasn't heavy because it was past rush hour, and it was moving along at a normal speed. And then it was time to give it that last push of acceleration to merge into the right hand lane, and I didn't.  I just didn't.  I had no reason not to, nor did I have the thought not to, but I simply just didn't.  And then in the blink of an eye a huge white semi barreled past me.  The hue that I saw in my side mirror was the vast wall of the semi trailer that was atleast 5 car lengths long, with it's nose even with my rear door, totally in my blind spot. All I could see was the white of its enormous wall without any kind of logo in my mirror.

Had I accelerated I would have most definitely been dead.  I couldn't have missed some part of that very tall cab and long, long trailer. 

I felt it.  Some amazing protective force working for my benefit.  I felt it right there in the car with me.  I said out loud, "Thank you Guardian Angel." I didn't feel stressed or freaked out.  I just felt protected.  And then I merged and drove on home.

There must be more for me to do in this life.  I'm sure of it.

Thank you Guardian Angel. 

Comments

[Gilyan]

Marianne, I have chills and Thanks upon reading this. A similar story happened to me just beyond on the 101 in Hamilton Field about 7 yrs ago.
I was in a small Honda hatchback, in thick traffic heading North. Bumper to bumper at a standstill. The carpool lane on my left moving at 70+ mph. Turning the station on my stereo, something made me look into my rear view mirror. And SUV was barreling toward me from behind, not braking! The driver was frantically waving me to move. Without a thought I swerved into the carpool lane ( without getting hit) and not a second later boom! The SUV crashed into the cars in front of me. Shaking I looked behind me in the car was a shovel pushed into the back of my drivers seat with the handle against the hatchback door.
All I can see when I think about that day was the driver telling me to move aside and how grateful I still am to her. Xo

[Lisa]

I'm so glad you were tuned in...even on seeming autopilot - to avoid that catastrophe. Please live a very long time, and dear angels of Marianne, you did real good. XOXOXOXO love you so. Lisa

[tracey k in ohio]

I, too, thank your Guardian Angel! Couldn't imagine there not being a "Busha" that's TRULY full of grace after this close call! Blessings to you.