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Things That Make You Go HMMMM - - #13 and #14

I went to the hospital to catch up with my mom today.  She had an appointment with her cardiologist and I thought she was going to be by herself.  Because I am the world's greatest worrier, I took off from work and met up with her.  I had to park forever away.  There is a bit of a hill to the entrance and I was following a woman, probably in her early 60's, that was walking kind of slow.  It didn't bother me, I just followed her.  There was a woman following me.  So - it was three women all together - 1, 2, 3.  This gentleman got to the outer door first and was trying to open it for all of us - but, he kind of got on the wrong side and was trying to open it.  The woman in front of me told him to just go ahead.  So, he went ahead and ambled to the inner door and was opening that.  She tells him to go ahead.  And he just kind of stood there and then she yells at him, a complete stranger, who was doing something out of the kindness and consideration, "JUST GO, I DON'T NEED ANYONE TO HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR ME!!"  I kind of sat there shocked.  This man walked away embarrassed and kind of dejected.  Here he was trying to do something nice and got yelled at.   I wish I had the presence of mind to say to him that I really appreciated that he was trying to be kind and considerate, like his mother probably taught him, and thanks for trying to open the door for ME, who was trying to get through the door, too.

How sad is it that we can't appreciate a simple kindness.  HMMMMM.


And then - I was driving back to work after making sure my mama was ok and was driving behind a van.  You know those stick figures that people put on their cars that signify their family??  They are very big here in Utah - the mecca of large families.  Anyway, I was behind this minivan and it had these stickers.  Mom, kid, kid.  The strange thing was, Dad had obviously been peeled away and was no longer there - just the ghostly figure of him - that was strange.  But, even stranger was the fact that kid number three had been peeled away, too.  That part kind of freaked me out.  So - was there a divorce, a death, a alien abduction?  Why did 2/5 of this family get peeled away??  HMMMMM.


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