To the person whose car I hit today.

Thank you. Thank you for exiting your car and asking if I was okay instead of immediately being aggressive or angry. Thank you for being calm, patient, and kind while I explained through tears that I'd hit ice while going downhill and genuinely couldn't stop even though I tried. Thank you for not assuming I was crying just to get out of anything. Thank you for seeing me as human in that moment and sticking out your hand to introduce yourself when you saw that I was failing to hold back my tears. It helped ground me and helped me remember that as terrifying as these times can be, we are all still human.

I'm glad I didn't fuck up your car, and the hole your trailer hitch put in my front bumper gives me an excuse to buy one of those bandaid stickers.

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