A Car Accident Saved My Marriage

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p in my kid’s seat. Needless to say, the yelling ensued. I yelled at him, which then caused my husband to slam on the brakes.And then the hell began.The brakes locked up at 75 miles per hour. The truck started sliding. It ran into the bridge wall, first frontwards, then spinning us around and hitting on the back. We spun one more time before we finally stopped.I honestly can say I can’t remember when we hit backward. I think I must have hit my head and blacked out for a second, but I remember us stopping. I remember jumping into the backseat with my son to make sure he was okay.Ultimately, we ended up driving away (yes…we drove away…I swear my F250 was a tank) with my husband having a concussion and I just had some whiplash.And here is the fun part. Now we were stuck in Tennessee because we couldn’t drive home with a concussion.This ultimately is what saved us in the long run.I won’t go into the individual details, but we had our camper (which we had dropped off at a storage unit earlier that day). We had a roof ov

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er our heads.We both immediately got whatever jobs we could. I worked at a restaurant (cash tips were a God send) and Tim got a job at a metal shop.With the help of the community around us and with us learning to rely on each other, it helped our marriage strengthen and we ultimately succeeded.<figure id="cc0d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*8oC0xKUFTGD8OK1t"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kiarash_mansouri?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Kiarash Mansouri</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure>I eventually went back into the military about a year and a half later. By that time, nothing was getting in between my husband and me. We were a team and that one terrifying experience was what helped bring us together as such.So please tell me about your experiences! Did you ever have a moment that changed everything in your relationship? Did it make it stronger, or did it tear it apart? I want to hear your stories!</article></body>

How Something Terrifying Brought Us Together

Have you ever been in a situation so terrifying and dangerous that it changed your perspective on everything else?

That is what happened to us on Valentine’s Day in 2015.

We were heading back to Alabama on the interstate after I had finished a few job interviews up in Tennessee. We were having some marital issues at that point and decided that we needed to move and get a new start.

My two dogs and our (at the time) five-month-old were in the backseat. Every once in a while, I would love back to make sure that they were fine.

But one of the times I had turned to look back, one of our dogs had decided to stand up in my kid’s seat. Needless to say, the yelling ensued. I yelled at him, which then caused my husband to slam on the brakes.

And then the hell began.

The brakes locked up at 75 miles per hour. The truck started sliding. It ran into the bridge wall, first frontwards, then spinning us around and hitting on the back. We spun one more time before we finally stopped.

I honestly can say I can’t remember when we hit backward. I think I must have hit my head and blacked out for a second, but I remember us stopping. I remember jumping into the backseat with my son to make sure he was okay.

Ultimately, we ended up driving away (yes…we drove away…I swear my F250 was a tank) with my husband having a concussion and I just had some whiplash.

And here is the fun part. Now we were stuck in Tennessee because we couldn’t drive home with a concussion.

This ultimately is what saved us in the long run.

I won’t go into the individual details, but we had our camper (which we had dropped off at a storage unit earlier that day). We had a roof over our heads.

We both immediately got whatever jobs we could. I worked at a restaurant (cash tips were a God send) and Tim got a job at a metal shop.

With the help of the community around us and with us learning to rely on each other, it helped our marriage strengthen and we ultimately succeeded.

I eventually went back into the military about a year and a half later. By that time, nothing was getting in between my husband and me. We were a team and that one terrifying experience was what helped bring us together as such.

So please tell me about your experiences! Did you ever have a moment that changed everything in your relationship? Did it make it stronger, or did it tear it apart? I want to hear your stories!