dark and foggy night,

Had an unusual experience last night. It happened about
11:30 last night. I had a soft ball game and went shopping afterwards stopped at the office to finish some paper work so it was about 11:30 by the time I hit the road for home. Well I have about a 35 minute commute, was a very dark night sorta foggy too. When far ahead of me on the interstate highway I see a car Start shooting out sparks and flames. I immediately begin to slow down. As I come up to the scene there is a man
holding a young boy in his arm waving me down. I pull past
the car and the man runs up to me, shouting “My car caught
fire!” fortunately by this time the fire has already gone out.
I ask did you call the police he said he does not have a cell
Phone. I offer mine and while he is on the phone with the police His boy “Shamus” ask how will we get home? I promise him that I will take him home tonight., and not to worry everything will Be alright.. The driver then calls a neighbor who has a towing service to come and get his Jeep, but they are over an hour away. Finally the police come and write up a report, they ask about the Jeep the driver says he has some one coming. I tell the police that I will stay until the tow truck get there. Finally the police leave and the driver
(I still don’t know his name) his little boy shamus and I go back to my mini van and settled down and wait for the tow truck. While we wait I come to learn that he , like myself is a single dad. He didn’t want to leave his jeep because all of his tree cutting equipment was in the
back of the jeep and that is his livelihood. We had a wonderful conversation and it was amazing how similar our experiences have been. But the best part was looking back into my back seat and seeing his little Shamus asleep with a blanket over him. How peaceful, Gods little angels, The memories it brought back , I started to cry but I covered it up,
I didn’t want my new friend to see. Soon the tow truck arrive it was already about 3 am. They got the Jeep in the tow truck, All we had to do was wake up Shamus and they would be off. But 2 things happened b4 they left My friend insisted that I take a $50 bill from him. I told him that was not
Necessary, he insisted and dropped on my center console, I told him it would by going to the collection plate on Sunday , he smiled and said “good”.
But the next thing was even more special, as they were leaving Shamus came up to me and gave me the biggest hug. I almost couldn’t let go. There can be no greater feeling In the world than giving a small child comfort.
I haven’t felt that good and that sad in a long time.