Sunday, November 6, 2011

Nickle, Dime...Slot Machine!

I watched as the black Toyota swerved carelessly across both lanes of traffic. Squeezing in between two cars where no room existed, I knew there was something wrong with the operator of this vehicle, but it was, "quitting time." Time to take the Batgirl outfit off and put the alter-ego uniform on. The one of "mother/wife." I've heard it said more than once over the years, "put your blinders on and go home!" But there was that nagging sense of something not quite right about the way the driver of the Toyota swerved between the lane lines. I could never choose to ignore what slapped at my conscience. Something was seriously wrong and I could not choose anything other than Duty, my duty. So with mounting aggravation at having my evening plans changed, I turned my blue and red lights on and finally hit the siren when I got no reaction out of the driver. What was wrong with this guy? For miles he continued as if cars around him, weren't slowing and pulling to the right. When I finally got the Toyota stopped, I could only wonder what would cause a person to choose this path. This path is the long pull of a wicked whiskey or a life-cheating slot machine, it could bring you loss, big loss. Insanely enough, this slot never has a winner, but you'll fool yourself into believing you won as you pull into your driveway. You'll climb out of your car and thank your lucky stars that you made it home without crashing, without killing yourself or worse. You'll make it inside and undress or not and swear you'll never do it again, but even intoxicated you know better. When you wake in the morning alive it will be a mystery to you how you managed to make it home. If next time comes, your luck might not hold. But hey, that's the best part of playing slots...the chance that you'll lose, right?

2 comments:

  1. I've never been intoxicated even a little bit.....probably because I've never taken a drink! :) But my heart aches at the lives that have been lost, the families that have been destroyed, the homes that have been torn apart just because someone made such a poor choice. I'm thankful you took the time to make sure the person in the Toyota wasn't or didn't cause any casualties. At least not this time......:(

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  2. Jennie, I wish I could also say that I've never had a drink of the evil waters. I have lost more to alcohol than I choose to remember, but I praise God that He alone is my rescue and defense. My prayer is that He puts me where I need to be when I need to be there and that I never judge those whom I am entrusted to serve.

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