Surrounded by Taxi Cabs

Today was the first time since I hurt my knee that I have walked Aidan to school.  Jonathan has been driving him, thankfully, for the past couple of weeks.  Today I thought I would test out the ol' knee to see how it is doing.  Well, it was okay walking.  Right now, though, it is very sore.  Not good.  This is not good.  Need to make that Drs. appointment ASAP.

We were walking to pick-up Aidan after school.  (Of course, Emma has to walk now.  It is a struggle just to get her in the stroller in the mornings to drop Aidan off!!)  We round the corner by our house and there sits a yellow, checkered taxi.  Just sitting there.  Driver lounging around inside.  I thought, "Well, okay.  He must be on break and he needs a quiet place to rest".  No big deal.  Whatever.

Continuing on towards Aidan's school, a taxi cab turns the corner and parks.  Just a few blocks away from the other cab.  Okay.  No big deal.  Just a coincidence that there were two cabs taking breaks on our walk...right?

So now we are across the street from Aidan's school.  Right on the corner before we cross the street...Guess what?  Another cab, driver in car, resting.  Okay.  Now I am a bit creeped out.  What is going on?  Did I miss something?  What's up in the taxi cab world??

All of these thoughts are going through my head as we reach Aidan's school.  We get to the doors and (of course) we are early.  Emma starts to play with the rocks and the painted numbers on the cement.  I am standing around, talking with Maggie.  Then I notice a suspicious white car down the street.  Does it have a sign on the top of the roof?  Could it be yet another taxi?  Yup!  It was. 

Perhaps I am just paranoid.  Perhaps this has happened before?  Maybe it is just the fact that I am more aware of my surroundings since I have started to write this blog.  (Or even just think about writing this blog!)  Then I thought of how often we are so quick to pass judgements or look at the negatives instead of the positives.  How quickly I jumped to the conclusion that something bad or unusual was happening, even though I had no idea.

I also thought about how much we miss out on when we are not looking around for the details in everyday life.  The little things.  Especially the little things that God does throughout our day.  I hope that I can learn to see Him more through this journey.  That I can stop being so focused on the end goal that I don't miss the 'journey'. 

Pausing.  Reflecting.  Seeing Him in all things.  That is what I want to become better at!