A truck almost killed my family. I’m still not a good person, but I’m better at what matters | Bridie Jabour

Bridie Jabour had just finished writing a book about what’s important when she almost lost everything important to her

  • Trivial Grievances by Bridie Jabour is out 7 July

I did not see the truck that hit the car I was travelling in with my husband and two children, but I did know we had been hit. I knew that because we were upside down.

I was in the back, sitting between my 10-month-old and my three-year-old, who were both sleeping. As we rolled I put an arm in front of each child and braced – I did not choose a favourite! By the time they are teenagers I’m sure the story will have morphed into how I single-handedly saved them. And, more importantly, I did not choose a favourite!

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