Leading in to Memorial Day I planned to head up to Hayward, Wisconsin Thursday night to celebrate my friend Dennis' birthday and guest coach a workout with the Ski and Tea training group. My plans changed when Minneapolis received over 5 inches of rain in a 24 hour period and our basement which has been dry all spring started leaking water. I spent the day soaking up the water, making sure everything was off of the floor and trying to correct the issue with the gutters. I had to push back my other errands and by the time I had everything set to go it was early evening.
With the water issue under control the doorbell rang and I opened it up to see some of the kids from the park Jerry, Quinn and Javari smiling back at me. They said they had a favor to ask of me. They were all performing in the middle school concert that evening and were wondering if I would come listen and help bring their mom to the concert.
Javarie with his percussion crew
Anne Watin Middle School Band
Jerry on the drums
Speaking with the kids mom as we waited for the show to start I learned that this was the first time she had been to their school since she had enrolled them. She works full time at a restaurant and without a car making it to school is a challenge for her. She cried during the concert. We all drove home together with big smiles.
If the water hadn't come in to the basement, I wouldn't have been there to answer the door when the kids stopped by and their Mom may have never heard them perform. Turns out I enjoyed a great concert, confirmed that the basement stayed dry for another night and had a smooth early morning trip to meet up with the Ski and Team women's training group. Sometimes good things come from what might seem like a bad thing.
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