I decided the kids and I should enjoy the beautiful weather
today and have a picnic lunch and go for a walk at a local state park. I ended
up rushing lunch short because the spiders, inch worms, and bugs were out of
control there. I mean I get it, it’s nature and all but can’t they leave just
one picnic table alone for me to enjoy?! Anyway, so after potty trip number two
we headed off down the trail to explore nature at its finest. The kids loved
running in the woods, collecting sticks, throwing rocks, and watching the
water. The "highlight" of my day though was finding an elderly man on the ground
on one of the paths. At first I thought he was just sitting taking pictures
because he had a camera around his neck. Upon further evaluation and seeing his
belongings scattered around it was clear that he had fallen and wasn’t able to
get up on his own. Lucky for him, I’m an old pro at helping the handicapped get
around (shout out to my Mom!) so after a few attempts I was able to help him
back up to his feet. I then handed him back his cane, gathered his items, and
helped him back to his car (which had handicapped plates). Conveniently, he had
parked nearby basically in the middle of the woods on a path where I am 99%
sure that you are not allowed to park. I can just see this man’s family telling
him to stop taking his elderly, handicapped, cane ridden body out to the middle
of the woods to take pictures of birds and him flat out saying no. The thing
about old people is that they are stubborn. God love them. But it turns out the
real lucky person of the day was not the injured stranger who I helped but it
was actually me because when I was helping the man this is what my kids were
doing…
It’s a MIRACLE that one of them didn’t end up in the water. Karma
at its finest!
Three happy, dry kids! |