I cried twice today....

[mrmpa]

Once were tears of joy. My 20 year old nephew's college baseball team qualified for the Junior College World Series, to be held in Grand Junction, CO next week. I have watched him play since he was 5 years old, I know all the work he has put into this game, how much his parents have done for him. I hugged him and cried after the game.

The second time they were tears of frustration. On the way home from the game about a 2 1/2 hour drive, I picked up a hitchhiker (the first time I have done this since 1980), but the older woman with two tote bags seemed to be in need of help. I drove her about 80 miles. I learned that she was 62, she was en route from Cumberland, MD to Madison WI, to live with her sister. She was divorced, her ex lives in New England, she had a son who died in a car crash a few years back. She was retired having worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse and receives social security. She had lost her rented room, and that's why she was moving. She and her sister also retired, think they might be better off if they combine their retirement income. All this woman owned was in these 2 tote bags, clothes consisted of 2 pairs of pants, 2 flannel shirts, a few T-shirts and a windbreaker. No money for a bus or a train to WI.

WTF is wrong with this country, that we now have senior citizens hitchhiking across the country. I dropped her off at a ramp, told her to be safe, Godspeed. I drove off with my rear view showing me a woman who had about another 600 and some odd miles to go before she could rest her head.