Has This Ever Happened to You?

Have you ever hit a neighbor's car with your car and then THEY brought YOU cookies because THEY felt bad?

So here's my story. On Wednesday night I was headed to the church for a meeting at 8:30 PM. Aaron was already asleep and Than was in the process of putting Sara to bed. She started freaking out because I was leaving and had to give me a ga-zillion kisses and hugs. Than and I said our normal "good-bye" and then he told me to be safe. I left thinking, "Be safe? What's gonna happen to me on the way to the church?"

It was dark. The streets in my neighborhood are very narrow. I was distracted by an interesting display of Christmas lights down the street. Then I heard a little crunch. Oh, there was a car parked across the street? Why didn't I notice that? I pulled over so I could get out and assess the damage. I didn't recognize the car that I hit, but I could see that I had given it a good dent and a couple of scratches. I walked back home and told Than that I hit the vistor's car. He came with me to knock on our neighbor's door. I was scared to tell them what happened. We found out that the visitor's car that I hit actually belonged to a lady who lives a street away. Than teaches her kid in primary and she is a super sweet woman.

We all looked at the damage and then she called her husband to tell him what happened because he was away. She kept telling me how bad she felt and how she shouldn't have parked across from our driveway. Our street is way narrow, but seriously, where else was she going to park? She kept telling me that they would help pay for the damages and we kept refusing. Than said if she really wanted to do something, they could bring us cookies.

Yesterday Than talked to the husband after he got a good look at his car. Then Than called our insurance to make a claim and we got it all figured out. Later last night, the sweet lady sent her boys over with a plate of cookies.

So I was an idiot driver and hit a parked car while I was backing out of my driveway, our insurance premiums will probably go up, and we got some yummy cookies out of it. Not a bad deal, eh?