last night was kind of freaky.. it was just like everything fell into place.. and meant to be. I was driving to my mums house to pick some stuff up, got off the freeway exit and just past the exit on a very busy main road was a little old lady who's car had broken down. I couldnt stop as i had heaps of cars behind me.. so i went up the road and had this really strong feeling that i had to go back.. so i somehow turned around through a few intersections and breaks in traffic and headed back to her....

When i got there, i found out she was 83 years old, hadnt driven in over 2 weeks coz she had been sick.. and was heading to a her drama theatre meeting... but somehow got lost even though she had been to the place many times before and then her car started to splutter and cut out on her.... apparently a taxi driver had stopped briefly, called the RAC for (she had no phone) and then just driven off saying RAC would be 10-20 mins or so... poor old lady... Berryl her name was... I couldnt believe a taxi driver had left an 83 year old lady standing on the side of the road by herself, at night ( was about 7:15pm and dark) and there was a dodgy subway walkway thingo beneath her.. no buildings around where she could use a phone or anything.... grrr... so i stayed with her til the RAC arrived, about 45 minutes later... turns out the clutch of her 25 year old car had burnt out...

she was so... lively and talkative, looked only about 65 or so.. but was 83 with a 60 year old son or something... shes into theatre and drama and plays... she used to live in Japan with her husband, she climbed Mt Fuji! Just had so many stories to tell... now for me this whole situation seemed kind of surreal, i didnt mind waiting with her at all. It was like everything feel into place, becoz only hours before i was talking to Mat about how I find it hard to relate to older people becoz i never really grew up with any around me.. then when i was getting ready to go to mums, Maera made me put on extra layers (coz im a bit sick atm) and i was complaining that i was hot but wore them anyway... and there i was... standing on the side of the road in cold weather, but i was warm, with an older lady, learning about her facinating life!!!

Anyways the car had to be towed.. we waited a further 30 mins and a RAC tow truck came along to take her and her car home... and then off i went...

It was like a moment in time where everything seemed to come together.. and it humbled me... she was thanking me, calling me her guardian angel and how she considered me to be one of her grandchildren and how great it was that i had stopped and waited with her.. she even gave me a lotto ticket that she had bought that day.. for this weekend.. i felt so bad taking it but she seemed upset that i didnt want to take it.. so i did.... she has my address and i have hers... but you know.. im left feeling that i owe her... for the connection.. for something.. for the humbleness and calm that she gave me...... its very surreal....