07/17/2021
Stranded on the side of the highway…
in the middle of nowhere…
in 97 degree weather…
and no air conditioning…
with my 2 youngest kids, Isaiah and Josiah…
We had borrowed my moms car to go on a 6 hour drive to eastern Washington…
because my father in law was going in for heart surgery the following day and we really wanted to be with them…
Since my moms car has a lot more room than our car, we decided to take her car…
We stopped and filled the tank up after driving for about an hour, so we thought we were good 👍🏻
Nope!
The light came on telling us we had 50 miles to go before running out of gas…
Then about 5 min. later, the light came on again saying we only had 10 miles left.
I quickly tried switching lanes to get from the far left lane over to the far right lane…
I noticed the gas peddle was not accelerating anymore even though it said we still had 7 miles left to go…
“Uh oh! This is NOT good!”
I barely made it off the road before the car just turned off…
There was no home in sight…
There was no building of any kind in sight…
We called AAA… (after waiting for almost 2 hours, AAA never came to help us 😢)…
The boys had already been sitting in their car seats for over 5 hours…
We couldn’t leave them in their car seats any longer…
So Scott held Josiah and I held Isaiah…
I walked with Isaiah up and down the freeway for about 45 minutes, hoping that someone would pull over and offer us help…
Guess how many people pulled over and asked if we needed any help?
What’s your guess?
Are you ready for the answer?
Not one!
I was shocked!
We ended up having to call my mother in law and father in law and asking them to help us…
In the meantime, I did the following…⬇️
“Just breathe”
“Nice and slow”
“Breathe in, hold…keep holding…”
“Ok, now slowly exhale”
This is what I told myself & exactly what I did & 🙏🏻
It’s funny how I help busy moms who feel overwhelmed and in this situation I got to practice what I preach…
Have you ever been in a similar situation?
Are you currently in a really stressful situation?
If so, I would love to help!
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