I am closing out the last remaining hour of my birthday and figured I would go ahead and comment on something I witnessed yesterday. As I was exiting my workplace I caught a lady out of the corner of my eye (loving the LASIK by the way) on the opposite side of the street. She was holding onto a young child (probably around 5) and bending down to talk to him. For an unknown reason, I quickly formulated what was going to happen and this discussion that was taking place was to make sure everyone knew the game plan. They were actually standing between two parallel parked cars just off the curb in the street. She pointed to my side of the street a couple of times and motioned her arms in an exaggerated running manner obviously trying to convey speed. This she reiterated a couple of times until she felt the kid understood the mechanics of what was about to happen. Keep in mind, that this is a three lane one way street in the middle of downtown and used pretty heavily (flowing from her right to left). She looked to the right, looked to the left (probably a good thing since more than once I’ve seen someone coming the other way), looked back to the right, clinched the kids hand and they started to sprint across the street.
Jan172008
