A random act of kindness...

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This morning, I took my son to school, and I had my younger two kids with me who start school about an hour and a half later. While on our way home, on a back country road, I ran out of gas. The gas gauge in my car only half works, so once it gets below a half a tank, I'm never sure of how much gas is actually in my car. I put the car in neutral and did the best I could to push it off the road, and my kids and I began walking. It's probably a little more than two miles to our house from where my car ran out of gas. I knew that they were going to miss their bus and I had no way to get them to school, so I had just decided they would have to stay home. While walking, car after car flew past us, never taking a second glance. Suddenly, a truck from a local electric repair company pulled up beside us, and offered us a ride. One of the biggest things I have taught my kids, like most parents, is to never get in the car with a stranger. My daughter said "he's a stranger mom". Yeah, he was. However, I accepted the ride. There wasn't enough room for all of us, but he was kind enough to make room. I just recently had surgery on my foot, a week ago, and that walk home would have been so painful for me. I looked atrocious, my hair not combed, wearing my pj's and slippers with a nasty wound on my foot. No wonder no one else stopped. I just wanted to share with everyone that there are still nice people out there. I truly expected to just walk home and figure out what to do when I got here. Thanks to that man, my kids made it home in time to catch the bus, and I was spared a tremendous about of pain. All is well now. My sister in law came over, we went and got a gas can and put gas in the car. I'll never let it get below a quarter of a tank again.