visions

i've been meaning to write about the weekend's events much earlier, but i couldn't seem to. a vision came to pass and triggered another event, another vision to fulfilment. i've been dreading it since summer, praying against it even. you see, it's about possibly losing my mom. last saturday, she was with my sister and nikki, her partner in crime, and they had a car accident. when they were making a U turn, a vehicle hit the one they were riding. nikki and my mom immediately confirmed they were okay, but ate rizza just groaned. she was covered with blood, mud, and shards of glass. someone offered to take them to the hospital, but they left nikki behind to take care of the insurance of the car. they wasted a number of hours at the medical center in east ave. they waited and waited before they were attended to. they did not even clean her wounds. she underwent an x-ray twice. when they decided to transfer her to pgh, the results of the x-ray turned out wrong so she didn't need hand surgery. a finger or two were fractured. as for my mom, she went for a check-up the day after. her face experienced trauma and her vision blurred.

as for me, i only learned these details on sunday night. i met my mom for dinner and had my second outburst in a public place so far. i almost lost two members of my family, but i regained a friend in the process. actually, it was more like i remembered that i have a friend in nathan. i spent the saturday night going through his story for his creative writing class. i was too preoccupied to worry too much about the accident and i am so thankful for that. we communicated through texting on sunday. for some reason, he was the only one i could really open up to at that time about what happened and what i was going through. i've yet to thank him for his prayers.

verses that struck me are...

For you, O LORD, have delivered

my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling,

that I may walk before the LORD

in the land of the living.

Psalm 116:8-9

and

pray continually; give thanks in

all circumstances, for this is God's will

for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

did i mention that the car was totally wrecked? it truly is a miracle that they're alive. they are in His hands. there's no safer place. =)