Wow, there's a lot to catch up on. Most recently, I was attempting to assist a lost dog that I met at the playground. She was a darling boxer who followed me up the play structure and after drinking a sand pail full of water, lay happily between me and my girls near the slide. After many inquiries, I decided to put her in the back of my vehicle and take her to be scanned for a microchip in an attempt to locate her owner. She jumped right in, more readily than my own dog, and off we went.
Unfortunately, the stray did not have a chip and so I decided to return her to the park in hopes that she would find her way home or be picked up by her owner. As I backed up to leave the shelter, I heard a crunch and my heart dropped to my feet. Oh crap! I had backed into my friend's car, the friend who was kind enough to come along to help watch my kids so I could run into the shelter with this dog. My brain reeled and I could not believe what I had done. After apologizing profusely and freaking out, I told my friend that I would have my insurance fix our cars and she said not to worry about it, that her car was not a big deal. What??? She was serious and I kept telling her that I could just get it taken care of, but she meant it. At that moment, I felt like I had been given a get-out-of-jail card and was amazed at her graciousness. This is something I will always remember for the rest of my life. What an incredible gesture.
As my girls and I drove the dog back to the park, I was crying and feeling so stupid for getting myself into the whole situation. We returned the darling boxer and said goodbye and then I went home to fester over the whole thing for the rest of the day. Now I am completely paranoid about backing up my car and check everything 18 times before going. The good news is that the dog was returned to her owner the next day through an ad and her story had a happy ending.
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