Son K took this photo last week, look what was blocking traffic! I've warned him not to even touch his phone while driving, but he was lucky this time. He said traffic was stopped. Even so...
I was walking to church on Sunday morning, feeling a bit stressed about this and that, thinking the walk would do me good. This Chinese lady approached me asking for directions. She didn't speak much English and I got the impression she was looking for the church, so I told her to follow me. In the pathway, a man warned us that he saw a skunk which had by this time disappeared through the hedges. We all hurried through. The lady told me she had just moved to the area from Niagara Falls, I think she said. She had 2 sons and was living with one of them. I noticed she was smartly dressed. Then she told me she was 80 years old! What good shape she was in, she said she walked every day. Almost at the church I understood that she was in fact looking for the grocery store. So I pointed her in the right direction and she ran off. I said 'ran'! I hope to be in good shape like her when/if I get to 80! I think she was a bit lost when I met her because she wasn't going in the direction of the grocery store.
The church had a new associate pastor with a pronounced Scottish accent. He gave a good sermon, the bit I listened to. He said not to be so focussed on your own day to day problems, I guess, to think more of others. I think that's what he said.
I was walking to church on Sunday morning, feeling a bit stressed about this and that, thinking the walk would do me good. This Chinese lady approached me asking for directions. She didn't speak much English and I got the impression she was looking for the church, so I told her to follow me. In the pathway, a man warned us that he saw a skunk which had by this time disappeared through the hedges. We all hurried through. The lady told me she had just moved to the area from Niagara Falls, I think she said. She had 2 sons and was living with one of them. I noticed she was smartly dressed. Then she told me she was 80 years old! What good shape she was in, she said she walked every day. Almost at the church I understood that she was in fact looking for the grocery store. So I pointed her in the right direction and she ran off. I said 'ran'! I hope to be in good shape like her when/if I get to 80! I think she was a bit lost when I met her because she wasn't going in the direction of the grocery store.
The church had a new associate pastor with a pronounced Scottish accent. He gave a good sermon, the bit I listened to. He said not to be so focussed on your own day to day problems, I guess, to think more of others. I think that's what he said.

Love the photo your son took! Nice story of the old lady and the church, too. Have a great day, Valerie
ReplyDelete:) my comment just got eaten up. nice pic
ReplyDeletewhat a great photo! I love a Scottish accent, for some reason, I am always the one in the crowd that has no problem understanding accents, lol,
ReplyDeletecute stories
ReplyDeleteWhy did the Geese cross the road?
ReplyDeleteTo get to the other side
I can relate to your comment about sermons given by people with heavy accents. I always try to understand, but then I get lost and lose track of the train of thought.
ReplyDeleteI agree. This is true of outsourced helplines, too. One of my clients pressed her emergency button on her wristband, and the responder couldn't understand her!
DeleteIf your son were caught with a cell phone in his hand, he would have to pay a $297 fine in Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteYou are a good neighbor.
Cute photo of the geese! Although I'm sure not all the drivers were happy about that :)
ReplyDeleteThat elderly lady sounds like she's in great shape. Walking a lot certainly has helped her, and I'm sure she eats well, too.
Aww, what an adorable photograph! How considerate of you to have helped the lady find her direction. I'm sure it was much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteReally cute!
ReplyDeleteI hope she didn't have dementia!
ReplyDeletegreat photograph!
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