Ever see your life review fly by prior to dis aster? I totalled my Firehawk .

[Rich Weese]

I know how folks say sometimes they see their life in review when something traumatic is happening. I'm now a convert to those thoughts.
I flew to TX to sue a couple people and then drive my baby, a Hi performance 1994 Pontiac Firehawk back from TX to FL. ist day went fine. Yesterday was a very bad day. Just past Pensacola , in a slight drizzle, a car drifted into my lane and forced me off to the shoulder. It was slick, and in trying to return to I-10, i must've corrected too quickly and began fishtailing. It probably went back and forth, right to left, 4 or 5 times and then I knew the next one would go full circle or start rolling over on the Interstate. Scary, and this is when I saw my life in review.
The car didn't roll, but went full circle and then off the shoulder and down an embankment. Going sideways, I went driver door first into a concrete culvert with a large concrete drainage pipe protruding. It ripped into the lower part of the door and took everything under the car apart. Exhaust system with headers, separated the tranny from motor and ripped into the gas tank.
The car was swung around one more time and ended up against the bank on other side of ditch. I was trapped with driver door against me and smell of gas below. Passers by came down quickly and cut the belt loose and got me out the other door. State trooper and Tow truck told me I was very lucky to walk away.
My Firehawk is dead, but it could've really been my swan song. Car could've rolled(glass t-tops), been smashed by other traffic while spinning on I-10, gas catching fire, etc. I'm really sore, had some Dr. input today on concussion, little nauseous, but glad to be here still.
Sometimes, it is things like this that make you think about direction in life. I've been doing that today. I think of how quick life can change or be gone in a split second. I see the article on the USC tailback that dropped a 272 pound barbell on his throat. Now , a great athlete has a couple tubes in his throat, not able to speak- all in a couple seconds.
We should all take a glance at our lives once in awhile, decide if we're where we want to be and change directions as necessary. It makes you think about the things we spend our time on, and what we place value on. I suggest you take an inventory of your life, as I am doing, before you have an experience like I did to force your hand.
Glad to be back with BP. Thanks to those that have sent concerns and well wishes. Rich, back in FL, thankfully.