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Chel was in a car wreck last Thursday while I was in Indiana for work — she was just fine, with nary a bruise or even a runner in her pantyhose — but since I wasn’t here, I’m glad some guardian angels were right beside her.

It was rainy and cold as she drove from Dallas into work in Fort Worth in the little Solstice. She was driving about 60 in the left-hand lane of I-30 when she simply lost control of the car. It spun into the shoulder, hitting the front against the concrete barrier wall, then spinning around and hitting the back, then around again until it came to a stop.

After the car came to rest, Chel started touching every body part to make sure it was still in place. She doesn’t remember much of the wreck, but she heard a voice that told her to sit back, relax and hold on. (Her car-racing friend Jeremy says that’s what expert racers are trained to do when they go into a spin, because tensing up can cause broken bones or worse. So it’s a good thing Chel’s driving guardian angels know a thing or two about racing!)

She immediately called 911 and got a recording. “Thank you for calling 911. Your call is very important to us. All of our agents are busy. Please stay on the line!” Then, the OnStar button on the rearview mirror called out to her, and like a scene straight from their radio commercials, she pressed it to summon help.

Two nice truckers also pulled over immediately and ran up to the car to make sure she was alright. Chel said they looked like they had seen a ghost.

“Miss, I don’t know what you’re supposed to do here on earth, but you’ve got something good to do, because you shouldn’t have made it after what I just saw.”

The paramedics also checked her out and she was ok. Thankfully, her sales partner Christian from work was able to take her to the house, and Little Mom came from Plano to watch over her in my absence.

We don’t know what caused the car to spin out of control — although our hunch is that the recently issued recall on Pontiac Solstices may have something to do with it. All I know is that we’re not going to get behind the wheel of a Solstice again, and I am so thankful that my love was unhurt and was so protected by angels and friends.