24/07/2025
Three days on and it’s still sinking in just how lucky we were. It’s hard to put into words what was meant to be a fun girls’ trip with the my 3 boys in tow came to a terrifying halt when a reckless driver slammed into the back of my mum’s car on a quiet 20mph road. The force spun us around twice, sent him crashing into a wall, and it felt like a bomb had gone off. The noise, the impact, the sheer violence of it is something we’ll never forget.
We all ended up in hospital that day, bruised, battered, and absolutely shaken to the core. But somehow miraculously there were no broken bones. No life-threatening injuries. If the car had flipped, this could have been a very different post. But it didn’t. And we walked away.
I’ll never joke about Skodas again, at school we used to call them skips on wheels. That car saved us.
The what-ifs have been haunting me… What if we’d set off two minutes earlier, or two minutes later? What if there had been children on the pavement? It’s the school holidays! It doesn’t bear thinking about. But we can’t change it. All we can do is hold our loved ones tight and be grateful.
Putting the boys to bed each night I can’t stop the tears. They’re here, we’re all here. Sore, yes. Traumatised, definitely. But alive. And so, so lucky.
This experience will stay with us for a long time, but it’s brought into focus what really matters. Life can change in an instant make the most of every second.
Which is why we dragged ourselves to the first episode of being filmed yesterday and I had the chance to catch up with some of last years contenders and the awesome crew which was amazing and of course cheering the contenders on! What a day it was, and some exciting new games which you will have to tune in next year to see!
We didn’t know if it would be a good idea going (in pain) but the boys love Gladiators so much as do I and I’m so glad we did, it took our minds off the trauma.
We had an amazing day and realised it’s beetle to keep busy than wallow. Someone was definitely looking out for us that day, we’re so lucky ❤️🩹 swipe to see the carnage…