Ms. Marah Michael & Family stop to say hello this weekend, on my way to South Hill. (They live several miles outside of town.)
Yesterday afternoon, I’d been invited to speak throughout today to P.E. classes at South Hill’s Park View High School. They knew I was staying at the local Marriott Fairfield Inn, and estimated it would only take me a half hour to walk to the school from the Fairfield. I simply trusted the guestimate they gave me, and it wasn’t until an hour before departure time this morning that I found the school to be 5.3 miles away. At best, I walk about 3.5 miles per hour. The school was therefore at least an hour and a half away, and given that I’d be slowing to get through busy intersections, I was in for a good two-hour hike. It appeared I’d be missing at least one of the day’s four block classes– possibly more.
Then, out of nowhere, Ms. Marah Michael, who’d stopped to say hello with her family on my way to South Hill this weekend, sent me a Facebook messages telling me that if there was anything she could help me with, she’d love to do so. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to tell her about my all-of-the-sudden situation, and ask her if she knew of anyone in the immediate area who drives across town and might like to give me a ride, so that I could still make it in time to speak to every group of students.
Marah messaged me back immediately: “I work right down the street from the Fairfield! I will gladly drive you over there.”
Marah arrived to pick me up a few short minutes later, and away we went to the high school, making it just in time so that I was able to give a full speech to all four groups!
While Marah was definitely a happy morning Road Angel, I would ultimately find that Marah would be the first of many for the day…
One of many groups of P.E. students at Parkview High
I love signing personalized messages for the students!
As Park View High School was several miles off my route, to save me time and energy away from my actual route, the Driver’s Ed car gave me a ride back to my hotel room 