The Christmas Miracle and New Year BirthdaY!!

25th December 2009, 2.35 a.m.
An overturned car somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
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Am I asleep or did that really just happen.
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This really is the middle of nowhere.
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Everyone is alive, but very silent.
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The car door is jammed. It eventually opens after a lot of panic driven kicking.
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A muddy farm with thorn bushes. Everyone is banged up a bit, I am not. That's odd.
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Frantic phone calls to emergency services. 30 minutes pass.
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A charity hospital somewhere. A doctor, half asleep, prescribes pain killers. The condition of the hospital and the doctor makes me contemplate, should I or shouldn't I?
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8 am. Slept in a hospital bed. Merry Christmas to us.
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Left the hospital. No one seemed to care that we just walked out of there.
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See the crashed car in daylight. How are we still standing?
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On the road again, but going the other way.
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Why do people say that your whole life flashes before your eyes when the time comes? Didn't happen to me or did I on some subconscious level know it wasn't time.
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Beautiful hills and streams along the way. Why am I appreciating these more than I usually do?
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10.30 pm Home sweet home.
WARM BED
So it wasn't exactly Christmas trees, cookies and carols, but I am still in one piece. I am starting to believe that life has a plan for me after all...

1st January 2010...
I have never been much for birthdays. They never turn out the way I want them to anyway. Why not? Let's just leave that for my actual birthday. But after a rather long New Year entertainment marathon, I woke up to the oddest surprise. Apparently, a fair number of people were under the impression that I grow older with each passing year. Literally!! Anyway, this year seems to have started on a high note...2 birthdays :)