Stranger #12

Stranger #12

For those who read my blog, thanks for the patience. I had absolutely no service the entire weekend to update, but as promised, I did meet someone new every day!

I knew I was going to venture off extremely early to the mountains on Friday morning, so I decided to meet my stranger beforehand. Of course, it was raining and nasty out. I knew in my head that today may be hard, because, lets face it, who wants to stand outside in the cold rain and converse with a complete stranger. I mean, other than me. So, as I'm driving to meet my friends so we can leave, I see a crossing guard standing on the street. A bright light bulb went off in my head as if it was perfect timing (which it was!) They have to stand out in the rain whether they talk to me or not, right?

Meet Josphine. Josphine is a crossing-guard and has been for 3 years. She chose to tell me that she became a grandmom in January to a little girl named Amelia. As I began to tell Josphine that part of my project involves taking her picture, she said by law, she wasnt allowed. I was a little shocked to find out the strict rules that the city places on the crossing gaurds. She said that she isnt allowed to have pictures taken of her, or pictures with anyone for that matter. She also isnt supposed to really be conversing with people, or giving out information.

As I was walking away, because I was going to have to approach another stranger, Josphine actually called me back. She told me that she would take off her crossing guard uniform just so I can take her picture (dont think dirty thoughts, she had clothes underneath!) and use her for my project. I was blown away by how genuinely nice that was! She really didnt have to go out of her way, but she did, and even though she didnt tell me much, her actions were appreciated to the fullest!