When it Rains it pours

Seems like the whole world is having a hard time right now. Israel is being forced into war, Indonesia has had another tsunami and seven bombs hit commuter trains in India. Lets also not forget Rwanda and other regions that are dying from aids and poverty. I'm thinking my week was a cake walk.

We are on day six of triple degree heat and my car lost its air conditioning. ALS and heat just don't mix so I am homebound. Dave got a tooth infection which made him sick, so they pacified him with antibiotics until they could do a root canal. A month from when he called. We have a wedding out back next month (my daughter's) and the lawn is dying, so Dave wants to put in a new one, but I'm thinking green spray paint would do the trick cheaper. Timing was poor for all this stuff to happen, because a physical turned up suspicious findings and Dave was sent for a colonoscopy. He was not a happy camper and wanted to blow it off , but I needed him to go. He commutes fours hours a day and the day he was to start flushing his system for his procedure his car broke down. Towing his car to a mechanic was big bucks and the mechanic can't even get to it for another week.

We had no idea the shape Dave would be in after his procedure, but I was to drive him there and home in my car. Three hours after the procedure a "pink lady" says to me "you can bring the car around honey, Dave is ready". I'm thinking why can't Dave walk to the car? I start to walk outside and 105 degrees slaps me upside the head. Four rows later I'm at the car, but it's locked ( my hands can drive, but my fingers can't unlock the doors). I never lock my car and Dave locked it thinking he would be unlocking it. I'm looking around for an able bodied passer by, while wearing my "I need assistance look" face. A man appeared asking if I needed help (angels are always near). The heat was getting to me but I managed a huge yes please and a smile. He opened my doors, put my book and walker in the back, rolled down the window and said "go ahead turn on your air its really hot in there." I said, looking like a total idiot, "it's broken" and he gave me a look that was very clear, it was a "what the hell are you thinking?" look. He said "are you going to be ok?" I said "sure, in my best convincing voice, as I thanked him profusely. Everything in the car was too hot to touch so I sat there thinking, now what?

Dave suddenly appeared at the car with a nurse (another angel), but was completely out of it. The nurse got us in, buckled me up asking "you two going to be ok? With that same look in her eye as the other man. Dave said "wull be ust fine." He was chatting away informing me everything was clear, as I was trying to figure out how to get chatty kathy home. I needed Dave to put the car in reverse because the gear stick was too hot (my hands have very little muscle padding which makes them sensitive to heat and cold). I had to talk him through it and keep him awake until we left the lot. I got him home in one piece, amazed at what little thought we put into this and thankful for God's earthly angels :)

Through being disabled I have been shown the good in people and I pray everyday that it is that inherent goodness that will save the day.