The Bear Minimum

My wife was in an accident last week, and I’m thanking my lucky stars that she’s okay.

My wife was in a car accident last week, though thankfully she’s not too sore. Her car was hit from the side by an oncoming driver who drove through a stop-sign and hit the front side panel of my wife’s little Toyota, which thankfully is a very safe car - which is why we chose it - and it protected her, though due to the impact her knee was hit by the side of her car being pushed inwards and it’s quite badly bruised and she has to stay off it for a few days at the least.

Since the accident we’ve been going through the ubiquitous insurance issues, filling in the necessary paperwork for car accidents, and a claim for compensation, too. She’s not going to be working for probably a fortnight, and she’s quite adamant she doesn’t lose earnings (or vacation time or sick days) for the negligence of the fellow who struck her.

With the rise of car insurance fraud insurers are becoming more and more thorough in determining whether or not they’ll pay out on a claim, and we actually have had to have an insurance company representative round to see my wife’s injuries and her car. The signed by the doctor photographs were not enough for them, which I suppose I can understand, but it’s just such a frustrating task.

My poor wife should be able to relax at home and watch, what she loves to call ‘dodgy day-time TV’. She’s more patient with all this than I am, but I just want her to be able to rest and recuperate. I love my wife dearly and the thought of losing her is beyond my words to express. I’m furious with the young man who hit her, who was speeding and not paying attention to road signs, and I’m so very thankful that my wife is okay.