Yes, you saw that right.
A street sweeper.
My Today Tender Mercy.
Let me explain...
A few days ago I was on my way home from an early morning workout, and it was still dark as I was driving up the hill to our house. Suddenly, something jumped out in front of me, and before I could even react, I felt the stomach dropping thump-bump, thump-bump. Of the tires over some poor, unsuspecting animal.
As soon as Jerry woke up, my first words were, "Honey, I hit an animal! I don't know if it was someone's sweet life-long pet cat, or some sweet baby bunnies' mother! I don't know if it died, or is now maimed for life!"
Okay... now many of you are thinking how cheesy this is, but hey, it's me - and my middle name could just have easily been 'guilty'. If there is something to feel guilty about - I will find it and relish it until a myriad of ulcers come to complete fruition :).
... and it didn't help much that a few minutes after Jerry left for work, I received this picture via text:
... ummm, not really helping, honey!
so for the next few days, every time I drove down and up the hill, I was faced with the stark reminder of my mistake.
wondering if I should go out and scoop it up?
should I get some bunny food and go scour the woods for hungry little baby bunnies waiting for their mom to return with breakfast??
or just see it and feel guilty all over again.
... then it happened.
in the afternoon, I happened to be looking out my window, and saw a street sweeper emerge on top of the hill.
and just like that,
It was gone.
Clean.
Removed forever.
Again, I know super cheesy example, but for whatever reason I felt so incredibly grateful for street sweepers.
who swoop in and clean up my messes.
and make my driving path whole again.
Tender Mercies come in all shapes and sizes.
and today, mine came with a swooshing brush.
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