(512) A Close Call

Blistering cold, chilled to the bone, I took my fur collar and wrapped it around my neck, loosely so I wouldn’t perspire. Waiting patiently for the midnight bus but nothing in sight. Oh it’s just too cold, I would be better off walking I thought to myself. That’s it, I’m going to walk, the moving will keep me warm. I started up Eglington Ave. toward McGowan, no one else on the street, I was all alone with very little traffic also. I prayed and asked God to help me make home safely. At that moment I saw some figures in the distance and wondered who they might be. As they got closer, my stomach was telling me, I was in trouble, then the inner thoughts told me to prepare myself. I knew I should have stayed home this evening but I really didn’t want to miss sewing class. For that reason I had a scissors in my pocket, now I was clenching onto it tightly. I prayed for help, I knew there was going to be a confrontation. Sure enough, one of the five young men approached me and pushed me backward slightly as if to toy with me. I yelled at them and pulled out the scissors taking a stance that shocked them all the while yelling as loud as I could. I told them I may not get them all but I would surely take down one of them and which one was it going to be. At that moment, the young man that pushed me stepped back and another one said, hey leave her alone, let’s get out of here and they walked on as if nothing happened. I was certainly afraid, couldn’t believe I acted that way. well then I realized, God was once again in the midst of it all. Written: Sept.30,2007 Note: It is said, “That life is tough but I’m tougher because I draw my strength from God.