Yesterday We Almost Lost Our Little Dog Alice

 

Yesterday afternoon we almost had a fatal disaster. The crews worked all day long on the new power box. As they were finishing work, one worker noticed that our little dog Alice had escaped from the house and was running away. Alice does this from time to time. She wants to go and see her son Felix who lives one block away.

     This time Alice went the opposite way. The worker and I gave chase. Alice ran to the freeway. She got on the freeway. Miraculously all cars stopped. The worker and I chased her onto the freeway. She ran toward the side of the road. One car had pulled off to the side of the road. Two people got out of the car and stopped her. I was able to pick her up and take her home.

       There were a series of miracles that saved Alice's life and saved me from getting hit by a car. First, the worker saw Alice escape. If no one had noticed, she might have got killed on the freeway. Second, the drivers on the freeway acted in a responsible manner. They came to a stop. They stayed stopped until Alice was recovered.

    I was deeply upset about her close call with death. Elena came in later. She determined that Alice had been emotionally overwhelmed by all the work going on in the house and all the noise. She "flipped out."