Not warm enough to be rain.
Not cold enough to be light, fluffy snow.
That wretched in-between throw in of precipitation where everything gets buried in a thick, heavy, wet slurry.
But one of those days that’s in the Bottom 5 of the year, without a doubt.
Like the delicate, pampered little puss boy that I am, I stayed in all day.
No one needs your sorry ass getting in the way."
And they never have to tell me twice.
Other people aren’t so expendable.
Testa quickly hopped out of Engine Two and discovered a mother and her son inside the vehicle.
Thankfully, they were not injured in the crash.
The irony that David Testa and the boy talked about superheroes should be lost on no one.
“A hero can be anyone.
So he got an infinitely less painful lesson in what it means to be a hero.
A desire to help those in need.
Self-sacrifice when it’s required.
Simple, human kindness, even to total strangers.
And there are more blessings left in this world than we give it credit for.
I’ll get back to what’s awful and ridiculous about everything going on around us.
But first I’m going to sit here a while and feel good about this.
