JUST A FEELING

IT WAS ALMOST 2YRS OR SO AGO, IT WAS A HOT SUMMER DAY AS I RECALL, MY SISTER,MY SON, AND MYSELF WERE ON OUR WAY TO GO OUT TO EAT. WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE MAIN HIGHWAY THROUGH TOWN, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A FAIRLY BUSY HIGHWAY MOST TIMES ANYWAY, THE RESTURANT WHICH WE HAD CHOSEN TO EAT AT WAS ON THE OTHER END OF TOWN RIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY, SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MOST PRACTICAL , NOT TO MENTION MUCH FASTER TO STAY ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT FOR SOME REASON, SOMETHING TOLD ME TO TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TAKE THE SIDE STREETS, AND I DID. WHEN WE FINALLY DID ARIVE AT THE EATING PLACE, WE NOTICED A MAJOR ACCIDENT AT THE CORNER ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SAME CORNER WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO TURN AT. AS IT TURNED OUT THE PERSON WHO CAUSED THE ACCIDENT HAD BEEN ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE WITH POLICE FOR AN HOUR OR SO, AND HAD TRAVELED THROUGH SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS SUCH AS THIS ONE. WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE , ONE WOMAN HAD BEEN KILLED AND SEVERAL OTHERS INCLUDING SOME SMALL CHILDREN, WHERE SEVERLY! INJURED. NOW I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE THAT HAD WE NOT TURNED OFF THAT WE TOO WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT, BUT ABOUT THE TIME WE WOULD HAVE COME UP TO THIS INTERSECTION WAS ABOUT THE TIME THIS HALF CRAZED MAN HIT THESE INOCCENT PEOPLE AND TOOK A LIFE. I AM NOT SURE WHY I TURNED, BECAUSE I WAS IN A HURRY THAT DAY ANYWAY AND WANTED TO EAT QUICKLY AND BE ON MY WAY, BUT I SOME HOW I LET THAT ' FEELING' GUIDE ME, AND I AM THANKFUL I DID.