It'll never happen to me...

You see it in the movies. You hear about this on the news. You think to yourself, how could anyone be so careless? You think, "It'll never happen to me".

As i was driving along the other day, rather slowly as i was looking at houses, we saw a little toddler playing on the grass verge. At first we thought, "how cute!" then we realised WHERE he was playing and looked around to expect his mother to be standing behind.

But alas, no mother, no father, no ANYBODY! I just went along and said out loud i hope the parent IS somewhere nearby! But mez being the lovely girl she is, convinced me to turn back coz she had a bad feeling and wanted to check on the toddler. So I did.

Thank God we did.

As i drove back, another car was coming the other way. As it drove past, the toddler was still there, oblivious to the world. Then he proceeded to step ONTO the road and wander. Mez was out of the car in a flash and scooped him up into her arms. All that came from the toddler were some baby giggles, as kids do their giggling.

We went into the house, whose front door and gate were opened, and went lookin for the irresponsible parent. The look on the father's face was priceless when we asked him,"Um excuse me, is this your child?"

I know he was extremely appreciative of what we did for him and his son, and the shock was enough to keep him speechless. But surely if you had a child that age, you would NEVER let him out of your sight!

But then again, it's easy to think "It'll never happen to me....."