Shoes & Head Lights

Saturday, November 13th 2010

I had another pair of shoes riding around in the trunk of my car for weeks waiting to be donated to the "Soles for Souls" box next to the coffee shop. The box isn't out early in the morning on my way to work, but since it's Saturday and I was going in later than normal, the box was out.

The shoes were all washed and clean so I hope someone is excited when they get them. They were one of my favorite pairs of tennis shoes which I've had since approx 2002. Believe it or not, they were in very good shape. It wasn't like I was giving an old, beat up pair or anything.

While driving home in the dark, there was a car in front of me without their lights on. I see this all the time lately and it's so dangerous! When it's dark and rainy, you can't see them at all. So I began flashing my brights at them, but they didn't notice. I continued to follow them up the hill, flashing them and then leaving my brights on for a few seconds- anything to get their attention.

After many desperate attempts, they turned their lights on. I continued to follow them over the very dark, windy road, hill all the way downtown. It is one of the most dangerous hills to be driving on at night with no lights, so I felt good knowing they had their lights on finally.

Peace :)