Lindsay gets a reminder that there are others whose situations are much worse than hers.
So a little while ago I posted to theinncrowd community about how to best get rid of my old treadmill.Twomidnightblue was nice enough to give me the 411 on Freecycle, and I joined up and listed my treadmill last week. I got several takers immediately. The one I selected was a gal who's message said
Hi I'm really interested in the treadmill if it's still available. I've been looking for one for a while. It would be put to good use since I have 3 kids all 4 and under and it's really hard for me to get out and walk with all of them especially with all the rain lately. If it's still available please email me.
I've been in contact with her and her father is coming by on Saturday to get the machine. Turns out she's the wife of a serviceman who's in Iraq. Her youngest child is 8 months old, and her husband has been gone since he was 10 days old. She lives at Camp Pendleton (a Marine base just north of San Diego), and spends a decent amount of time at her parents house not far from me so she can get some help with the kids. When it rains she's essentially house bound because she has no one to help her with the three kids and she doesn't have a triple stroller. Whew.
I feel really good about giving her the treadmill. I hope she gets a ton of use out of it. And I hope her husband returns home safely. Soon.