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cryingdaily (original poster member #7276) posted at 3:04 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Just feel the need to declare that I am happy to be alive.
On Saturday, NOguy and I spent the day out on his bike (a Harley).
We had a great day and were about two miles from my house when a young kid ran a stop sign and hit us.
Never. So. Scared. In. My. LIFE!
It's amazing. A series of events that happened within seconds, I remember as snapshots that seemed to take several minutes.
I watched the car come toward us and thought he was going to hit where my leg was. I didn't feel panic, I felt resigned to the fact that this was going to hurt so I turned my head, held my breath and just braced myself.
He hit us just behind my leg, mid saddlebag (hard saddle bags)
When he hit us, I felt the back of the bike jump over and could tell from the wobbling that NOguy did not have control of the bike.
Again, I was resigned to the fact that a whole lot of bad was about to happen, but by the grace of God, he gained control and we didn't fall over. 
Just as the realization hit that we might actually be ok, I saw we were headed straight toward the back of a parked car.
NOguy hit the brake and we came to a tire-screeching halt.
I don't remember getting off the bike but I must have jumped off like it was on fire. He didn't even feel me get off. He looked back and I was standing on the sidewalk. 
There was so much that could have gone horribly wrong. The car could have crushed my leg...the bike could have landed on top of us....we could have been thrown into the road....we could have hit the back of that car....and NONE of that happened.
The bike has some damage but, that's what insurance is for. We are alive and completely unharmed.
Thank you to God and the guardian angels he sent to keep that bike on two wheels.
lieshurt ( member #14003) posted at 3:06 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
OMG...that had to be terrifying. So glad you are both okay!
No one changes unless they want to. Not if you beg them. Not if you shame them. Not if you use reason, emotion, or tough love. There is only one thing that makes someone change: their own realization that they need to.
Sad in AZ ( member #24239) posted at 3:07 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Whoa! We're happy you're here too!
You are important and you matter. Your feelings matter. Your voice matters. Your story matters. Your life matters. Always.
Me: FBS (no longer betrayed nor a spouse)-63
D-day: 2007 (two years before finding SI)
S: 6/2010; D: 3/2011
FaithFool ( member #20150) posted at 3:14 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Glad to hear you made it through that in one piece. Scary shit!
DDay: June 15, 2008
Mistakenly married Mr. Superfreak
20 years of OWs, WTF?
Divorced Dec 26, 2011
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget
to sing in the lifeboats". -- Voltaire
simplydevastated ( member #25001) posted at 3:16 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
OMG! I'm so glad no one was hurt! That must have been terrifying!
Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 3:33 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
I'm so glad you are ok.
gonnabe2016 ( member #34823) posted at 3:39 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
NOguy has some *mad* bike-driving skills. 
This could have been so tragic and I'm so glad to hear that there was a happy ending.
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott
In my effort to be *concise*, I often come off as blunt and harsh. Sorry, don't mean to be offensive.
cryingdaily (original poster member #7276) posted at 3:44 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
NOguy has some *mad* bike-driving skills.
Yes, I was impressed.
Kajem ( member #36134) posted at 3:45 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Wow... Thank God everything happened like it did.
So glad you and NOguy are alright.
Hugs,
K
I trust you is a better compliment than I love you, because you may not trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust. - UnknownRelationships are like sharing a book, it doesn't work if you're not on the same page.
Want2help ( member #20547) posted at 4:41 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
So scary! A former co-worker of mine lost her leg in that exact way, so I am so glad you are safe and sound.
FBS/WS- me.
F(serial)WS/BS- him.
Madhatters. More Ddays than birthdays, at this point. His OC, my OC...
UPDATE: Divorcing after almost 20 years.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 4:47 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Sweet Fancy Moses!!!
I can't even imagine what that experience must have been like for you, cd. And NOguy!!! Big squeezy "thankyouforsavingourcdandyourself" hugs for him, m'kay?
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
ThoughtIKnewYa ( member #18449) posted at 4:49 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Oh, Holy CRAP!!!
(((cd))) I'm so glad you're OK.
willow60 ( member #17243) posted at 6:09 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
So happy tp hear you both are okay.
What a terrifying experience!
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead....Adele
woundedby2 ( member #18522) posted at 6:56 AM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
OMG, CD...
I cannot imagine how scary that must've been. I'm so glad you are ok.
In 2010 I divorced the NPD assclown who cheated on me with my best friend.
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
~Robert Louis Stevenson
itainteasy ( member #31094) posted at 2:08 PM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
So glad both of you are ok!!
SisterMilkshake ( member #30024) posted at 2:19 PM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
So happy that you both are okay.
Do you wear helmets?
BW (me) & FWH both over half a century; married several decades; children
d-day 3/10; LTA (7 years?)
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson
Helen of Troy ( member #26419) posted at 2:20 PM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Thank goodness you are ok!
Newlease ( member #7767) posted at 3:35 PM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Wow - you actually got hit and didn't go down? THAT'S amazing and awesome! So glad it turned out that way.
My SO were driving through St. Louis during rush hour on 64W. An SUV cut us off and we were in the far left lane with nowhere to go. Thanks to SO's awareness and skills, we did not go down. But I cried until we got outside the city.
Riding a motorcycle involves risk - you are very vulnerable. It's good to be made aware of that without terrible consequences.
Sending strength and peace.
NL
Even if you can't control the world around you, you are still the master of your own soul.
Kalleigh ( member #1214) posted at 3:47 PM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Thank God you are ok. Motorcycles accidents are not nice at all
I love my husband and kids, but there is something missing, LIKE MAYBE A LIFE!!!!!!!
cryingdaily (original poster member #7276) posted at 4:50 PM on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Do you wear helmets?
Yes, MA and RI have helmet laws although RI only requires the passenger wear a helmet.
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