Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Yesterday on my lunch hour, I was almost the victim of a head-on collision. An offensive driver coming from the opposite direction crossed the double line to pass a defensive driver and neglected to notice the curve in the road as he was doing so. In ways I can't explain, he very, very narrowly avoided driving into the front of my car. Needless to say, it left me shaken and angry.

This morning as I passed that same spot, I noticed the sky.

Though the sunshine this week has been uplifting, the rainbow is what caught my eye. This picture does not do it justice because it's from my phone, and I was driving. Oddly, when I got another half a mile ahead, only the sun was visible. To a lot of people (myself included) the rainbow signifies a promise of faithfulness, a promise of hope. My mind instantly went to the nerve wracking incident from the day before and I elected to view the rainbow as just for me, a message that I am taken care of and watched over.

Here is another shot that I like, with the tree branches silhouetted. I caught it strangely in this one - the rainbow almost just looks like a smaller sun - but still thought I'd share it.

I hope the next driver over had reason to think it was for them, too.