Unexpected Angels

There are many times in our lives when we feel we have control; and then the unexpected happens!  I was driving home from a town quite some distance from where I live; it is a beautiful; desolate, and lonely long drive by ones self through the desert and mountains.  I usually love the drive; however this time I was concerned both going and returning because I knew I was driving on unreliable tires on the right side of my car and of course I was pushing daylight!  Naturally I had a blowout.  I set about moving all the groceries out of the way to get to the tools to change the tire as cars whizzed past; most of them were fellow Americans who I can only guess did not know how to change a tire; I mean why else would they pass by another American woman alone at sunset on one of the most dangerous roads in Mexico and not stop to help? I was keeping one eye on traffic and the other on my tasks when I noticed a car turn around and come back.  There were three Mexican men who spoke no English and I speak minimal, at best, Spanish who came to my rescue.  We looked at the diagram of how to work the jack and within minutes they had lowered my tire; decided my spare was not in good shape, cautioned me about it, replaced my tire, cautioned me repeatedly to drive very slowly home and left!  Their concern for my safety was palpable as they showed me the tire issues and showed me where my flashers were in my car, so sweet, and then in their very best clothes, not work clothes just got on the ground and took care of my problems. Then they set about trying to put my car back together again; tools groceries, etc, I said no, no you did enough!

I think what was so very sweet was when I tried to pay them I had to force the issue; and they seemed embarrassed by my need to pay them!  What they did not know but I did was that I had already counted the number of cars that had passed me by and I paid them accordingly.  

I will never see them again but I will never forget them!  When we least expect it God sends us Angels to protect  us,
Live With LOVE and Laugh Often