Went to run into town this morning and as I grabbed for the door handle, I realized something wasn’t right. The front left corner of the van was sitting much lower than usual. Sure enough, I had another flat. I don’t own an air compressor and wasn’t up to putting the spare on again, so I used my bicycle pump to put some air into it. Four hundred pumps later and I was off to Discount Tire. They took me right in, found a screw and patched me up with no additional charge.
It’s easy to get thrown by such inconveniences, but I’m grateful to have a car, a bicycle pump and someone to fix my flat.
That’s so much more than much of the world this Christmas season.
Joel Stiff's Adventure 