On the way back from the farm one day the main junction outside the farm was very busy. Mum was a little hesitant and then pulled out in front of a large truck and let me tell you its not just the arses that are bigger over hear. These trucks are like steel dinosaurs soaring over the tarmac. He dropped back when he saw mum pull out but for some reason she didn’t get into the right lane and we were speeding down the wrong side of the road for several yards with traffic hurtling towards us in the distance. We guided her over to the right lane. I apologised through the back window to the brotha driving the dinosaur. I was really scared and a bit shaken but we are all alive to tell the tale! A couple of days later we are supposed to go to my sisters for dinner but she calls to say that she had witnessed a horrific accident on the highway and had to go to provide evidence for a police report. What happened was a woman was driving at 80 mph down the wrong side of the motorway and had a head on collision with a man coming in the right direction. The women in the wrong survived but tragically the man in the right lane coming the other way was killed. His car was a mangled wreck as he was travelling quite fast too and the impact sent the car engine onto the grass verge. My sister’s husband got out to see if the passengers were ok. He saw a woman slumped over her wheel and the old man in the other vehicle was trapped inside the mangled wreck gasping for air. Someone leaned in to check his pulse but tragically died while these checks were being carried out. 2 families devastated by one women’s stupidity. My sister and her family were only 2 cars behind the victim and it could have been them. It’s so easy to take life for granted and it’s hard not to think about your own mortality, how and when you will go. How will I feel if I get a phone call telling me someone I love has passed? If it’s your time it’s your time, the only thing we can do is make the most of life while we are here.