Sunday, January 12, 2014

Never Know What Will Make Me Cry

      At a towing company here there was a terrible accident. The newspaper said it was a front end loader and pickup, someone else said it was a tow truck & front end loader...but anyway 2 employees of a towing company here were trying to work on a vehicle (pickup or truck) that was attached to and held up by the front end loader. Well, it fell and killed one man and sent another employee to hospital in critical condition. The man was only 39. 
     Today i was going to Walmart and saw a police car block traffic at a corner for a funeral procession so I pulled over and stopped with everyone else for the funeral cars to pass. I was a few cars back from a corner where the procession turned. I just cried when it became obvious whose funeral procession it was. 
      First was a police car escort, then the hearse, then the family limo and then.... what must have been every tow truck in town, washed and polished like a new penny, truck after truck after truck .... huge tow trucks and smaller ones ... came around that corner, then the cars with the other mourners. I thought our tow truck people must be a pretty special bunch to do this. It was just so touching to see this company's competition show respect that way and I just sat there and cried.

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  1. That is a very touching gesture on the part of the truck drivers. I would have cried as well.

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    1. Reminded me how good and caring people really are.

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  2. That was a lovely show of respect and hopefully of great comfort to the bereaved family.

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  3. I felt my eyes water as you painted the picture. Special indeed.

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    1. My eyes are swimming just remembering. I hope it brought the family some comfort.

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  4. Now isn't that something. I would have cried too.

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    1. It sure was. A reminder of how kind and good people really are.

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  5. What a touching story and, yes, I would have been crying too.

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    1. Hi Jeanie, I enjoyed your post today. Cute grandkids!

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    2. Oh, wow! What a special moment to witness! Your account of it brought tears to my eyes, too.

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    3. It's nice to know there are such nice people in the world ... including all us of that get teary eyed. :)

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  6. Hi! Thank you for stopping by. It is nice to know there are kind and respective people in the world, right? Those tow truck people reminded me of that. Now I am off the read your blog!

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    1. that was suppose to say " TO read your blog" :)

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  7. I have tried to post a response to your post for the 17th and find it has been deleted. I hope that means you are feeling better. Sorry I was so late getting around to my blog comments this week. xo GA

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    1. I decided that was sharing too much info and too depressing for everyone to read so i deleted it. :) I am just ready to feel better. hope everything is going well in your world.

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