Good, Better, Best. . .

This morning Rod and I got up early to drive to Mapleton for Cory Barton's mission homecoming talk.  We left at 7 a.m. to have plenty of time to arrive early before the meeting started at 11:00.  About 30 minutes into our drive our plans changed.

Rod was driving and suddenly put on the brakes.  I looked up from the crocheting I was doing, just in time to see the car in front of us skidding sideways across the freeway, rubber burning/smoking on the asphalt, sending up a dust cloud as it hit the dirt shoulder and embankment.  Rod quickly pulled over and we got out to check on the occupants of the car.

It was a young couple, married 5 weeks earlier, who were driving home to Cedar City after finishing their work shift at Eagle Academy for Troubled Youth.    They weren't hurt other than superficial stuff from their airbags deploying.  But they sure were shaken up.  Luckily I had brought along some of my VERY special chocolate milk, that soothes what's ailing you!  It was perfect for them to sip on.  We called 911, waited for officers to respond, talked with the couple, had them sit in our car, and just tried to make them feel okay about everything.

Once the police had responded, the tow truck was called, and everything was relatively taken care of, we drove Rigo and McKenna to Cedar City, and dropped them off at their meeting house.  They didn't want to miss church, and knew they wouldn't have a way to get there if we dropped them off at their house.

(I gave McKenna one of my piano studio business cards, and told her to call me when they were ready to go on a really fun FREE date, and I would take them horseback riding.)

I texted a couple of the kids to let them know we'd be a bit late, that we had stopped to help with a traffic accident.  Kristy's reply was simply "Good, better, best" referring to Elder Dallin Oaks' conference talk a couple of years ago.  It was a good reminder.  It was a good thing for us to go to Cory's return talk, but it was best for us to stop and help this couple.

AND we managed to make it in time to hear Cory speak, too!