17.2.09

hand-me-down wisdom

once upon a time my mom was driving down a road in idaho. it was just an average idaho road. it had pretty signifcant ditches on either side. she had been looking for a job for quite a while with not much luck. on the verge on giving up altogether, she mumbled under her breath, "it can't get worse then this."

suddenly, and completely without warning, she lost control of her car. she would learn later that the axel had broken. the car veered off the road and down the embankment where it settled quietly to a stop on a small patch of non-revine ground. silently, she regained her composure and audilbly acknowledged, "yes, i understand now. it can always get worse."

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