84 Days & A Question

I hesitate to type this, but I believe I wrote the very last check for the car accident today. Our Subaru was hit on November 30, 2006. It took us 40 days to get the car repaired and us back behind its wheel. Add to that, the additional paperwork that needed to be sorted out, final reimbursements from two insurance companies and the whole thing took 84 days! I remain grateful no one was hurt, and that our car is back on the road getting us safely from place to place. I do wonder if I had known on November 30th what I know now, if I would have been as mellow and easy going with the driver who hit us that day! I want to think so, but I’m afraid I would have felt a lot more frosted as she was able to drive away while we were left waiting for the tow truck! So does being clueless lead to increased kindness? Hmmmm...