Perils of Florida drivers

[Dina Lerret]

I'm reading this message about almost getting into a serious car accident
on a Florida highway.  I'm glad all in the vehicle aren't hurt.  However,
the post then ended with a reference to introspection.

And I have a flashback to my sister.

My sister got into a very nasty car crash on a Florida highway.  To give
you an idea, she was the driver (US, so steering wheel is on the left) but
her right collarbone got cracked from the *passenger* door; half the car
was crushed to her side.  They had to work at removing her from the
vehicle, her heart did stop, she 'died', Bayflight's helicopter had to be
brought in, and they successfully resuscitated her.

Afterwards, she was like 'I saw our grandparents' and I'm like 'they're
dead, been dead for years'.  Like a badly remade scene out of Sixth Sense,
"I see dead people."  My sister's version of introspection, leading to a
want for redemption, was trying to make peace with folks... BWAHAHA!  For
a family line that had a blending of Christian/Jewish/Buddhist, my sister
and I are the least religious.  Suffice it to say, she doesn't do 'making
peace' well and made her family think the lack of blood to the brain did
something bad.

As for my appreciation of life... I was walking back home from attending
day classes, then work, and then more evening classes.  It was eleven at
night and some guy comes out of the dark and says he'll shoot me if I
don't hand over my purse.  I'm thinking 'I have the flu, I'm PMSing, and
I'm tired - shoot me and put me out of my misery', so I roll my eyes, get
a pissy expression, and walk past the guy.  The guy thought I was insane
and backed away.  Evidently, insanity runs in the family.

If there is a God, He has a twisted sense of humour.

Dina