The Call Dads Dread

[Deep C]

Otherwise normal morning. Wife gone to work. Daughter is on her way to school. I'm organizing tools and tackle for todays projects. Phone rings... A distressed voice on the other end... Oh crap! I can feel it comming. I tense up for the words.
"Mr. C, your daughter has been in a car accident..." then silence...
"Jesus , Mary and Joeseph! Finish the sentence!"
"She seems to be ok"
"Thank you lord and thank you ma'am for the call..."

My chest pounds and head spins as I head to the scene. Gotta remind myself to take it easy. A second wreck would not play out well at a time like this. I come over the bridge and see a few cars stopped. I see skid marks and a large swath of grass torn up. Then I see the old Rolling Tackle Box sitting upright. Wearing a layer of sod and dirt but otherwise unwrinkled. Mini in tears next to it.
My sphincter relaxes... All is good... Some cowardly piece of shit drifted out of his lane and basically laid a PIT maneuver on her and took off. I look at the skid marks length along with the piled up turf and can see she was squirtin pretty good when this went down. Mini is visibly shaken. Rightfully so. Part of me wants to go off about the speed. The other is just so happy she will be joining us for dinner it didn't matter...
I check the car to see that its operating properly. It is... No loss, no injury. God was looking out for her today... I give her the green light to stay home from school and compose herself. Ten minutes after being home she got right back in the saddle and did her day at school...
For any of you that have kids, you know where I'm comming from. Let them know you love them every single friggin day. You never know when that opportunity won't be there... Thanks for listening...

[Agitated88]

Glad to hear Mini is ok !!!

[Shortfin]

Know the feeling too well ,So glad she is ok

Check your e-mail

[clt_capt]

Glad Mini is OK - Damn scary call to get.

[Robja]

I know where you are coming from Deep. I had that call one Sunday morning on the answering machine. This is the Chaplin at Wake Med calling. Your daughter has been in a serious accident but she is responsive......... answer machine quit. We were lucky that God had watched over our daughter since the car was hidden from the interstate and the only lights left in the car were the tail lights and a passing motorist happend to see the emergency flashers at 5:45am. She was still in the car and the wreck had occured at around 4am.

[Deep C]

Know the feeling too well ,So glad she is ok

Check your e-mail

You and Robja...
"Fudge!"
We're three lucky guys to have outcomes like we got. The TV news down here has a couple a week that didn't end so well...

[seapower]

I feel for ya. Went through the same thing about a month ago with my 19 year old boy. His girlfriend was driving, then there was the deer, then there was the ditch, then there was the tree's, then there was the stump that catapaulted them about 50 foot in the air to land upside down. They had "SomeOne" watching out for them too. Give her a squeeze and be "the Dad". Frank

[GitchaSome]

Deep, I am glad Mini is ok and safe!!

[Peter Mancuso]

Glad to hear your daughter is ok. Thank GOD.
I know what you mean about the call. I am a grandfather and the day I got the call that my 6 month old grandson was being taken to the emergency room made my heart drop.
I don't think there is a man alive who doesn"t turn to jello when they get those kind of calls.
Way to go , you always take care of your family.

[lowtide]

sorry to hear, glad she is OK