Stuck in a Rut

Posted by Cape Ann Angel BarefootDiva on Help Others - March 19, 2008

I was speaking with my sister on the phone last night and we got into a conversation about her work. She works in a market. I asked her how come her market doesn't have wheel chairs with baskets. She wasn't sure why but explained to me that when someone comes in the store in a wheel chair they offer personal assistance and a worker will walk around the store with them and shop, helping them to reach hard to get items. What a nice way for someone in that situation to connect with folks I thought: conversation and getting to know one another personally while shopping.

My sister ended up telling me she saw one of the regular wheel chair shoppers while driving home. He appeared to be caught on the train track as cars just rode by him in the slow rain that day. It was an area where the train would have stopped, and he would of been visible had there been a train at that particular time, thank heavens!

My sister stopped her car on the tracks, went to the guy and saw he had something hanging off the wheel of his chair that was caught on the rail. He looked at her and said, "Wow, you help me in the store and now you're helping me here. What would I do without you?"

My sister was angered when the cars passed her by and beeped as she helped this man. I told her I needed to tell this story because I was so proud of her and honored to be her sister.