Three years ago.

My sister was going through her old cell phone pictures and came across these photos of an ill-fated trip to Trader Joes three years ago. Ben was in Singapore for the same reason that he is in Turkey right now. Amelia was Elsa's age. My sister and a friend were in town keeping me company while Ben was away. Our light turned green and we just started turning left when an SUV coming from the left ran the red light and hit us. He was talking on his cell phone. Our car spun and crashed into another SUV. A little Subaru against two SUVs is not a fair fight. Calling 911 is not fun. Not being able to reach Ben was not fun. Losing our favorite red Subaru was not fun. But we were so lucky that nobody suffered any major injuries.




Luckily this intersection no longer exists.


You can see the SUV that hit us way up ahead. And the poor guy who we smashed into had a wife at home who was ready to go into labor at any moment.


We caused a serious traffic jam. And we got to stand in the rain for 2 hours while everything was cleared up. I remember a nice man who handed us some granola bars out his window as he passed by.

p.s. Don't talk on your cell phone while driving.