Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?
Twice this morning we saw turtles in the middle of the road. For one, we were able to stop and get out and move it to the sidewalk.
We had to make a trip to the orthodontist this morning. Last Thursday night LM flossed out a spacer. Office was closed on Friday followed by a holiday weekend and he NEEDS that space in order to get the expanders on tomorrow. And by God we have to put those expanders on tomorrow.
LM is a nervous wreck. Anticipation is so often worse than the actual event and he is anxious about getting this done. I have planned fun things to do each night including seeing “Over the Hedge”, swimming and a Nascar race (not really planned this way, but a distraction nonetheless).
When LM got out of the car this morning to move the turtle he said he could tell the turtle was nervous as he started to pull his head into his shell. When LM picked him up, his little feet kicked and kicked with all the ferociousness a turtle can muster. I know the shelled man had no idea of the imminent danger of being in the middle of the road, nor of the unselfish kindness that LM demonstrated in moving him to safety but in the end, the fear the turtle felt was unfounded and he found himself in a much happier place.
Why did the turtle cross the road? Perhaps to show a little boy that we're all afraid sometimes. And sometimes, there's nothing at all to be afraid of.
We had to make a trip to the orthodontist this morning. Last Thursday night LM flossed out a spacer. Office was closed on Friday followed by a holiday weekend and he NEEDS that space in order to get the expanders on tomorrow. And by God we have to put those expanders on tomorrow.
LM is a nervous wreck. Anticipation is so often worse than the actual event and he is anxious about getting this done. I have planned fun things to do each night including seeing “Over the Hedge”, swimming and a Nascar race (not really planned this way, but a distraction nonetheless).
When LM got out of the car this morning to move the turtle he said he could tell the turtle was nervous as he started to pull his head into his shell. When LM picked him up, his little feet kicked and kicked with all the ferociousness a turtle can muster. I know the shelled man had no idea of the imminent danger of being in the middle of the road, nor of the unselfish kindness that LM demonstrated in moving him to safety but in the end, the fear the turtle felt was unfounded and he found himself in a much happier place.
Why did the turtle cross the road? Perhaps to show a little boy that we're all afraid sometimes. And sometimes, there's nothing at all to be afraid of.
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What happened to the other turtles?