Perspective
Posted by: Rasher on 13 August 2004
Weird one yesterday.
My wife took the kids to the beach to go rock pooling while the tide was out, and they had a great time. They went with other friends and kids, and on leaving, they went to the local village museum, which is also the library. She left Jack (2 tomorrow) in his pushchair outside the library while she helped her friend with her buggy/kids up the concrete steps to road level, but at getting a few steps up, decided that it wasn't fair to leave Jack there, so she went back and took him out of the buggy and he follwed them up the steps. Half way up the steps, the roof of the library collapsed onto the buggy - roof tiles, masonry - timber - the lot. They evacuated the building and sealed it off. Jack escaped by about one minute.
I'm still not sure whether to feel lucky, angry, grateful?!! It's a weird one. I'm all bunched up not knowing how to feel about it.
OK. No-one was hurt. I should feel overjoyed. One minute earlier.. one minute!!!!
I guess it's lucky. I expect that the likelyhood of anything happening again like that to Jack is extremely remote, so probably that is his near miss in life over with.
I'm still shaking. I don't know whether to cry or laugh.
Very weird feeling.
[This message was edited by Rasher on Fri 13 August 2004 at 11:32.]
My wife took the kids to the beach to go rock pooling while the tide was out, and they had a great time. They went with other friends and kids, and on leaving, they went to the local village museum, which is also the library. She left Jack (2 tomorrow) in his pushchair outside the library while she helped her friend with her buggy/kids up the concrete steps to road level, but at getting a few steps up, decided that it wasn't fair to leave Jack there, so she went back and took him out of the buggy and he follwed them up the steps. Half way up the steps, the roof of the library collapsed onto the buggy - roof tiles, masonry - timber - the lot. They evacuated the building and sealed it off. Jack escaped by about one minute.
I'm still not sure whether to feel lucky, angry, grateful?!! It's a weird one. I'm all bunched up not knowing how to feel about it.
OK. No-one was hurt. I should feel overjoyed. One minute earlier.. one minute!!!!
I guess it's lucky. I expect that the likelyhood of anything happening again like that to Jack is extremely remote, so probably that is his near miss in life over with.
I'm still shaking. I don't know whether to cry or laugh.
Very weird feeling.
[This message was edited by Rasher on Fri 13 August 2004 at 11:32.]
Surely that's the problem. Remove the Jack and the roof falls down 
Call it Divine intervention, luck, destiny, whatever ? The result is the point, and it was in this case fortunately for Jack a good one³, innit.
Fritz Von Don'tlethimbuildhouseswhenhegrowsup !!!
P.S. Minimalising-risk balanced out with freedom is always the order of the day and it seems to me it's how we approach that ever changing situation that really matters in the end ? The weird feeling is fear mixed with relief etc.
Fritz Von Don'tlethimbuildhouseswhenhegrowsup !!!
P.S. Minimalising-risk balanced out with freedom is always the order of the day and it seems to me it's how we approach that ever changing situation that really matters in the end ? The weird feeling is fear mixed with relief etc.