Guardian Angel

I don't think I'll forget this day for a really long time........

So I'm driving home from Marcus at about 12:15. I  had just turned off of HWY 3 onto a blacktop right by Remsen. As I'm picking up speed and am nearing a farmhouse, in the distance I think I see a little boy standing on the left side of the road. As I get closer (and am driving about 50mph), I see that indeed there is a very small boy, standing only in a diaper, standing inches away from the road.  Panicking, I slam on my breaks and start honking the horn hoping to get him to back up. As I'm slamming on the breaks, a blue van is hauling right towards us.......It happened so fast.... I'm screaming at him to get back and honking my horn and waving at the oncoming van...(if you need a visual..I'm on the right side of the road and the boy is to my left...the van drives right between us).  I don't understand why the van didn't slow down or stop. There was another car that pulled up behind me that was honking too and waving....... Makes me think the idiot in the van was texting or something. (FYI-If you text and drive, I think you're an idiot. Just sayin.)

I closed my eyes and screamed as the van flew by..I opened my eyes to see the little blond haired boy standing in the exact same spot just staring at me. I got out of my car (i was sobbing and shaking) and picked him up and ran a little ways down the lane. I could hear someone screaming but couldn't see anyone. I got in my car and pulled into the driveway. The boy's mother came running and screaming down the lane. He had gotten out of the house and she couldn't find him.  She was hysterical and asked what had happened. I told her that he was literally an inch away from getting hit by the van. We both just stood there and cried.

This darling little blue eyed boy definitely had a guardian angel with him today. 

I haven't really stopped thinking about it since I've gotten home....... Definitely still a little shook up. I'm sure that mother is still shaking........