Twice in the past two days God really had my back.
Sunday, the day before a major freeway was set to reopen after being closed for complete overhaul since April, someone decided it would be fun to open just a small section for foot, bicycle and long board traffic.
Our tenacious one decided she wanted to go with a friend and ride bikes down there. They did, indeed, have fun. In fact, they were having so much fun that they went way (WAY) past the place where they were supposed to stop.
My Dear One called me, trying not to sound too worried, and asked me to pray since the girls had been gone a long time and he did not see them in the crowd. That was a terrifying phone call, to make and receive!
I immediately called my prayer warrior mom and then hit the floor on my knees. I just kept saying The Lord's Prayer over and over and the Hail Mary and begging St. Anthony (among others) to show my Dear One where the girls were.
I also called 911. Seems that every Livonia police officer was already down on the freeway (keeping the fun safe, and as it turns out, looking for other lost children.) I gave them names and descriptions of the girls and then resumed praying. Wayne found an officer who took him in his cruiser and they went looking together.
Thankfully they found them soon after! Once 4 o'clock hit the construction works (or someone in charge) starting sending people off the freeway and made them make their way back to the beginning on the service drive of the freeway (which was full of traffic!) That's were the girls were found, safe and sound, and tiredly trying to make their way back to Wayne. They got to ride in a police car back to our vehicle and then rest on the ride home.
They had no idea what a hoopla they had caused.
Today, God was watching over us again. A vehicle full of us were going with Josh to pick up his new, blue Mustang.
During the drive there, which was very long and involved many freeways and a new driver, we came very close to being creamed by a pickup truck whose driver was in a hurry. Thanks to guardian angels, quick thinking, and no panicking on the part of the new driver, the vehicle we were in was returned to its original lane with not even a scratch on the fender.
(It was a lot more adrenaline pumping than that, but two stories in one blog is a lot to read!)
Anyway, we are all home and safe.
God be praised!!
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