Reminder

My dad scared the heck out of us all yesterday.  I was with Ryan when he was sent a picture on his phone of my dads truck and dump trailer in a canal and the truck was totaled.  There was no message with it, but it said, "dads wreck."  I immediately freaked out and the worst thoughts came to my mind and I felt like I was going to have a heart attack.  I called my mom and found out that my dad was alright but he had been in a accident.  He was pulling a heavy load and when a car in front of him stopped fast he didn't have enough time to stop.  He hit the car and then was pushed into the canal by the dump trailer.  After talking to my dad I know that there were angels watching over him.  He walked away with only a scratch on his leg.  The top of the truck was smashed, the front of the truck was smashed, the doors were smashed, it was just totaled,  and he hit the bank fast and hard.... the airbags didn't even go off.... and to walk away without anything happen is a miracle.  One thing my dad said that keeps playing in my mind is, when he was going into the canal so fast he thought "this is it, this is how I am going to die."  Like I said I have been thinking about this all day and I have had so many thoughts going through my head.  I am so thankful that my dad is alright, and it makes me so thankful to know that he is being watched over by angels.  (I like to think it is my grandpa Merrill, and Grandpa Casper).  My dad really is the most amazing person on Earth and I know that our family and so many other people couldn't make it without him in their lives.  I really started to feel sad that I don't live closer to my parents, I really hope they know how much I love them.  Sometimes we take people for granted and just expect them to know how much they mean to us.  I know that I am not very good at keeping up with all the people that I love and I really hate that.  I don't know if any of this makes any sense,  I have just so much going on in my head and heart. I am really just sooooooooo thankful that I still have my dad and I can not wait to give him a huge hug and tell him that I love him.  When things like this happen I really just want to take all my loved once close and hug them all. 
I keep thinking of memories of my dad that I just love.  He really is just a sweetheart and his smile is so great.  While we were in Vegas he was the only boy and he treated us all like princesses.  He did everything that we wanted to do and held our bags for us and would just sit on the bench and watch us shop.  He always opened up my moms door and also whoever else was on the same side.
He always will jump up quick and help someone without even thinking about it.  I have watched him so many times do a service for someone without putting any thought into it. (.... I have to look at the calendar, see what else I have going and make sure it works best for me...)  He will give up any of his time to do something nice for someone else.
I keep thinking about a time that my dad really was amazing to me.  I was 12 or so and just not a very bright girl, and I thought it would be a great idea to wash my sisters boyfriends truck.  I had been driving from the age of 8 so I just figured I would move it onto the lawn myself so we could reach it with the hose.  When I jumped in and saw it was a stick I thought nothing of it and started it right up.  (I had never drove a stick)  so when I started it up it jumped through the garage door.  I was scared to death and thought my parents were going to KILL me!!!!  I am not sure where my parents were but it felt like it took forever for them to get home that day.  When they did get home I couldn't even look my dad in the face..... I just started to cry.. and then my dad started to laugh and gave me the biggest hug.  He then told me a story of when he was a kid and he drove a new tractor into a tree.  I felt so close to him and I am still amazed at how he handled that situation. 
Some other things I think about are the times my dad played with us as kids.  He loved playing baseball with us and he would take us on family trips and we always had a boat, and snowmobiles and we did so many fun things together.
Also my dad always showed us how much he loves my mom.  I loved when he would come home from work and when he leaves he always kisses my mom and gives her a big hug.  He has been such a great example to me and I have always wanted to marry someone just like my dad.  And because of his great example I did get to marry someone wonderful like him.