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Grateful the bus broke down

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Contributed by: Erin Di Paolo on 3/10/2007

Have you ever been completely and totally ticked off about something one minute, then completely and totally thrilled the next? If you are like me, you are thoroughly familiar with this scenario. In fact, it is probably quite common for most of us, except for maybe passive-aggressive types. For me, the schizophrenic feelings came early this week.

Every weekday, my son, Joseph, a freshman in high school, rides the RTD bus across town, getting up at the ungodly hour of 5:30 a.m. Of course, since I take him to the bus stop, I am also up at the ungodly hour. Tuesday was going to be one of those days, you know the kind: busy from sunup to sundown, with a dozen different things to do. It was going to be difficult to manage, even if everything went right. And everything didn't.

Joseph, my son, waited and waited for his bus to come. It never showed up. I called my husband to see if he could call RTD to check on the whereabouts of my son's absentee transportation. In the meantime, we continued to wait, but thought it best to high-tail it in my car to his school, since I had to get back to Green Valley Ranch to take my other two children to school.

My first thought was not of niceties, I must say. How dare RTD get in the way of MY plans, of all that I must accomplish, I thought. Then I am sure I said an expletive or two and I know that I complained.

But then an interesting thing happened. I began to feel glad the bus broke down. My son and I began to chat, and we continued to for the duration of the car trip. It was a warm, sunny day, and the sun was rising, the sky full of pastel blues and pinks. It was one of those gorgeous days that sets Colorado apart from all competition.

Joseph has always been a great conversationalist, almost from the moment he broke free from my womb. We can - and usually do - talk about almost anything. But the frequency of those talks has become more infrequent; the duration shorter. There just never seems to be enough time.

After I dropped my son off at school, I had to smile. I thanked God for the opportunity to start my day having a conversation with him. The things I take for granted are things I should not. I was taught that lesson again, today, for the gazillionth time. Maybe this time it will stick.

At least until the next bus breaks down.

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What's that Gandhi quote? "There is more to life than increasing its speed." Yeah.

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