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So we got our tree. We had it delivered after the car we were using to transport it got totaled in the intersection outside the lot. The tree actually stayed securely on the roof - which is more than I can say for my glasses, which caused undo panic when my first post-accident words were, "I can't see."

Fortunately, the other car just clipped the front drivers side of the car. I say fortunately because if the timing were off a bit more they would have T-boned the passenger side of my car where Lisa and my 5-month pregnant niece were. My knee's a bit banged up from hitting the dashboard, but things could have been a whole lot worse, so for that I am grateful. The folks at Todd's Tree's were awesome and got us all safely out of our car before the police, fire, and paramedics arrived on the scene.

This wasn't really how I planned to spend the day, but I sure have a lot of gratitude for the people I love and the strangers who stepped in to help out.