dead gator

I travel a lot with my job. With that time I have in the car it is typically filled with deep thoughts, phone calls, prayer, singing poorly, or even seeing dead alligators. What dead alligators! No lie, passed one on my way to Natchitoches today. After witnessing the death of the alligator I quickly saw a billboard saying: “Gator and Friends Park Turn Here”. Um… I think they had one escape and who or what are the friends?! Needless to say after I passed all of this I was in thought about all the weird and crazy things I have witnessed during my travels for work. Remember this is all in Northeast Louisiana… which they would like to say here that were so different than South Louisiana. Which it is, but I’ll let you decide. Please remember that this is over the past year and half with my job, and all of this rarely happens. But, when it does I remember it!

I have seen:

-Chickens covering a front yard.

-My first real field of grazing longhorns.

-Someone riding a horse to Subway.

-Heard someone mix French and English together on a normal basis.

-The original Malboro Man at an event… Cancer Survivor.

-A bar packed at 1pm…I was trying to get their tips for Cancer. They all had their own koozies.

-This is not really a “seen”, but have been called a Yankee more than I can count.

-Drive through liquor stores.

-The Steel Magnolias House

-A factory… like me wearing a hardhat and protective eyewear.

-A restaurant called “Ho-Made”… they serve ice cream.

-Beef Tips…that stuff does not look or smell good to me at all.

-Men dressed up as women to raise money for Cancer.

-A couch with a plastic protective covering.

-People with Hope.

-Obituaries for Cancer patients that were my age.

-Met a 4 year old Cancer Survivor… and then a woman who has been Cancer free for 25 years.

-People that are comforted by Christ.

-People that want you to pray for them.

There is so much more I have seen, and I know that there is more for me to see. Funny how a dead alligator makes you think. This now calls for a suicide bowl as my dear friend Lindsay says. I shall mix everything in the pantry into one bowl as my night snack. I raise my bowl to all the things I have to look forward to seeing and learning! Cheers!