Would the Heros Stand Up Please?

Would the Heroes in the room please stand? (Rebekah, you can stay seated!). It's time to acknowledge five people in my life who were Heros when I was in distress. This story is to make sure everybody who reads this blog doesn't think I'm a perfect person who entertains and fixes waching machines. I may have saved a few bucks fixing my washing machine but I just cost us several hundred...maybe a couple thousand in the end because of an act of complete stupidity!

It happened last Thursday. I was driving to my Mother-in-law's home for an Easter party. I was driving from my sister, Heidi's house. We were listening to a CD with all of Darci's favorite songs. When she asked me to skip a song, I looked down to press skip. When I did this it didn't seem to have skipped ahead so I looked again to skip again. I'm not sure how long I had looked down but when I looked up I was about a foot away from a construction sawhorse barricade. I swerved but not soon enough...I hit two of the sawhorse barricades at full speed and i heard crunching. I just felt sick. I was able to quickly pull off the road into ice cream shop parking lot. When I got out to survey the damage, a woman walking by said, "You have TWO flat tires!" I could hear the air hissing out of the tires. The front right side of my van had white paint from the barricades. The woman said, "Were you texting? he he he....ha ha ha" I said "no...I was...trying to switch songs on my CD player" (not much better than texting). She just shook her head and walked on.

If it had been just one tire, I would probably have tried to change the tire and this could have been a triumphant blog post. But alas, two tires means it needs towing. So I called my Mother-in-law and told her I'd be late for the party.

Now to the Heroes of the day:

The first goes to Tami, my sister for coming to get me and my kids. She drove us all over to my mother-in-law's home for the party. She then let me borrow her vehicle on Monday to go to the doctor with Darci. She actually let this hair-brained lady drive her new car! What a Hero!

The next Hero was my father-in-law. He called me from work and said that he was coming to take care of the situation for me. He called the towing service, drove to where I had to leave the van and sat and waited for the tow truck, followed the truck to Clay Dooley Tires and then stayed at the garage as they worked on and looked at the damage. He left work in the middle of the day to do this for me! He did it in such a way that you would have thought it was his pleasure! My goodness what a Hero!

The next Heros: To Mom and Marie for spending the afternoon with the grouch! You can imagine I was not wearing a party hat when I arrived at the Easter party. I'm sure I was such a wet rag to be with and these two deserve the status of Hero for putting up with me.

And last but not least, my husband. You hear how when a wife will do something really dumb her husband will (rightfully) be hopping mad and it is cause for marital stress. This incident made me even more thankful for this husband of mine. When he came in after hearing the extent of the damage (it's not just two flat tires by the way), I said, "I'm sorry" and he just winked at me and smiled. Then on the way home I said sorry again and he gave me a kiss and said he forgave me. Never a lecture or a "you owe me..." or a "I can't believe what this is going to cost us!?" or a "what is WRONG with you??" ...all of which would have been perfectly legitimate statements. I experienced mercy and forgiveness...it was good timing for Easter. My Hero, thanks for loving me like Christ loves the Church. (okay, I'll stop...if he reads this, he is going to wish I would have not even mentioned him).

So, there you go folks...these were my five Heros. Thank you to each one of you for your heroic acts! This Dumbsel in distress (yes, I know it's usually damsel...but I think the new title is a better fit) is truly grateful!

-Bek