A very, very thankful Thanksgiving!

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, most people are rushing home from work to get the house ready for guests or to get on the road to spend the holiday with their families. Not us, we were rushing to the Emergency Room. Not for either of us (yet) but for our good friend Brad. Matthew works with Brad and has since become a really good friend of our family. Even Luke and Cooter are excited when Brad comes over.
Matthew was already on his way home from work when he got the call from his work that Brad had been in a serious accident. Brad wrecked his motorcycle. He had jumped off of his motorcycle. After he jumped off of his motorcycle, the bike went underneath a FedEx truck causing an explosion and engulfing the truck in flames. Luckily the FedEx driver was okay, but Brad had some bumps and bruises he needed looked at. Matthew and I went to the ER. Brad was doing okay. He had a broken arm and a broken leg. He had a helmet on so nothing serious happened to his head. Several hours later we got to leave. All we can say is that we are thankful that Brad is okay. God really had a hand in the accident. Brad is lucky and we are lucky and very thankful to still have him in our lives.

We had dinner tonight with Brad and his sister. Brad is doing much better than he was, which was great to see. Matthew is thankful that he is going to be back at work on Monday. But more importantly we are thankful God didn't take our great friend away from us.