Sunday..

I know it's Tuesday but I thought I'd post about Sunday.
Sarah and I spent the day visiting family on the Kapiti coast and in Levin.
On our return from Levin we came upon stationary traffic at PekaPeka and were told by other motorists that there had been a head-on smash further up the road.
After waiting for around an hour I decided to walk to the scene and find out what had happened.
It wasn't far to walk.. just 200 metres. There I saw the carnage from the two cars that had hit head on. I spoke to an eye witness who said that one car had swerved straight into the on-coming traffic, killing both drivers instantly and a passenger died on the way to hospital.

Media reports have said that the couple in the car that swerved were elderly, I can only assume that the driver suffered a heart attack or similar problem and collapsed at the wheel.
Had we departed my sister's place in Levin just one or two minutes earlier we could have been involved, or at very least have been put in the position of being one of the first on the scene. Witness's said that when would be rescuers reached one of the cars they turned and walked away almost immediately. That's not the sort of image you want to have burned into your mind for the rest of your life.

The reason I posted about this was because it really does put things into some sort of perspective. Three people lost their lives in the blink of an eye, and here I am three and half years into my battle with cancer and able to write all about it and go about some sort of normality in my life. There are things much, much worse than cancer.

On a brighter note I went for a bush walk last night and was amazed at how well my lungs are functioning. It's like having a brand new pair of lungs!. I've gone from being tight chested and asthmatic with a persistent cough, to being able to breath deeply and freely without so much as a tickle in my chest. Long may it last!!