It has been an interesting day. This story makes its way around to Ethan eventually. As many of you know, Ryan just joined the Army. We are waiting for military benefits to kick in and for Ethan to be assigned docs here in TX (still pending). Since Ethan's diagnosis, we decided to invest in a larger vehicle to help transport the whole family comfortably,including wheelchairs, walkers, etc. We bought an older Ford Explorer and brought it out to TX. On the trip, we noticed some odd sounds so Ryan took it to the on-base mechanic. They said a dealership would need to fix it and it could be a thousand or two. Well, we woke up this morning to drive it over to the local Ford dealership for repair. Unfortunately, it blew up. Okay, okay, it didn't blow up but it made crazy sounds then died. Then tons of oil started leaking out. Awesome!

Soooo, the dealership arranged for a tow truck to come out. The guy gets here and does his thing and leaves with our car. (He suspects a piston rod blew threw the engine. Are we up to 5k now?) Later in the day, the service rep tells me the tow car driver waived the fee. He did meet Ethan and I was pretty distraught while he was here. We thought what a kind thing to do.

Well, we just got back from running an errand and found Bill, the tow truck driver, in our front yard. He said we really touched his heart and turned around and showed us a scar like Ethan's on the back of his neck. He said he had a brain injury, same region as Ethan's. The doctors told him he wouldn't walk and look at him now! He brought with him a battery for our old beater Nissan, that won't start without a jump, to help us out.

I can't believe how awesome and kind people are!!! Bill is amazing. All large and small gestures continue to touch our hearts as well.