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Our grocery shopping<\/a> out of the way, I steered the car toward the exit to the parking lot. That\u2019s as far as we got before my wife, Lois, and I saw hazard lights flashing. An off-white Kia Soul was stalled on a gentle slope near where the exit lane met the road. A long line of cars eased around it, some honking, shoppers urgently trying to get their errands done amid the December holiday craziness.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat,\u201d I said to Lois. \u201cJust great.\u201d I nosed around the offending vehicle, craning my neck to catch a glimpse of the driver, a slight figure hunched over the steering wheel and wearing a dark green hoodie pulled tight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a woman,\u201d I told Lois.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should roll down your window and make sure everything\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Lois said, sizing up the driver. \u201cThese days, you just can\u2019t tell about people. Better to be safe than sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

I edged out into traffic. Lois, the more cautious one, was right. Holiday stress could bring out the worst in people, and not just in busy parking lots<\/a>. That was just scratching the surface. Across the nation, no one, it seemed, could agree on anything. Racial strife. Social unease. Crime on the rise. Neighbors acting like strangers. Peace on earth<\/a>? I didn\u2019t see it on the gift list for this year. Not even in our tiny community in Pennsylvania Dutch country.<\/p>\n

I was a few miles down the road when a thought\u2014definitely not my own\u2014stopped me: The Bible talked about entertaining angels unawares. Was I missing an opportunity by driving past someone so obviously in need?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going back,\u201d I said. \u201cLet\u2019s make sure everything\u2019s okay.\u201d Lois didn\u2019t object.<\/p>\n

Minutes later I was back at the parking lot. The car was still blocking traffic. I pulled up next to the driver\u2019s side window. Now I could clearly see a woman behind the wheel. I motioned for her to roll down her window, but she stared back at me hesitantly. I got it. I\u2019m a big black guy with a beard, in a community where African Americans are definitely a minority<\/a>. Besides, hadn\u2019t Lois and I just minutes before been afraid to approach the driver ourselves? Finally, the woman cracked the window.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you okay?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

She was young, maybe 35 or 40, but the worry lines that creased her pale face aged her by a decade. \u201cI ran out of gas,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve got groceries in the back, but my car won\u2019t start.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horns blared all around us. I was in the incoming lane, so we blocked traffic in both directions. Not good. \u201cI\u2019ll park and come back, and help push your car to a gas station.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks,\u201d the woman said, her voice choking. \u201cIt\u2019s just that I spent my last dollar on groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay,\u201d I said. \u201cWe\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d I pulled off before the other drivers became even more heated. I felt for the woman, and a glance at my wife said she did too. There had been times when Lois and I had to choose between buying groceries and paying bills, an especially difficult decision with three children to feed.<\/p>\n

Halfway into the lot, I was hit with the reality of what I was in for. I had a bad knee, possibly facing surgery<\/a>. No way could I push even a small car alone. After finding a parking space, I hopped out and made my way back to the woman, looking for someone I could recruit to help me push her car. I didn\u2019t hold out much hope.<\/p>\n

I saw a big white guy in a car waiting to exit. \u201cHey,\u201d I said, rapping on his passenger window. He stared at me for a second, then rolled down the window. I pointed to the stalled car. \u201cCan you help me give her a push?\u201d<\/p>\n

He looked at his watch. \u201cSure,\u201d he said, getting out of his car. \u201cI\u2019m Fred. Let\u2019s do it.\u201d To my relief, Fred had a plan. \u201cLet\u2019s get her onto level ground,\u201d he said, blowing on his hands to warm them. \u201cMaybe the gas will even out enough to get her to that station.\u201d He jerked his chin to a station at the top of a hill at the far end of the parking lot.<\/p>\n

At the stranded car I asked the woman to shift her car into neutral. The gearshift wouldn\u2019t budge. \u201cI think my battery must be dead too,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry.\u201d What now?<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cYou fellas need help?\u201d The voice came from behind me. Turning, I saw a tall black man get out of an antique Chevy flatbed. He ambled toward us, rubbing the peppered stubble on his chin. \u201cHi. I\u2019m Josh,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t happen to have a gas can in there, do you?\u201d I asked. He didn\u2019t, but he did have something else we needed\u2014jumper cables.<\/p>\n

Josh directed traffic, while Fred and I hooked up the stalled Kia to the Chevy truck. The woman turned the key. The engine chugged but didn\u2019t turn over. Luckily, the charge gave it just enough juice to move the gearshift into neutral.<\/p>\n

Together, we slowly pushed the car into the slowest lane of traffic and headed to a different station, one that wasn\u2019t uphill. Cars zoomed past us, honking. \u201cThis isn\u2019t how I planned to spend my morning,\u201d Fred said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t even the grocery we usually go to!\u201d I told the guys. We all had a laugh. I pushed past the twinge in my knee, feeling good about what we were doing. Not that I could take any credit for being here; I\u2019d been directed. But that too was part of the Christmas story.<\/p>\n

Josh gestured toward the parade of cars angrily passing us. \u201cYeah, it\u2019s too easy to get caught up in all the holiday madness.\u201d We got to the station in good cheer, and I paid to put a few gallons of gas in the Kia. This time, with an additional jump, the car started.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how to thank you all,\u201d the woman said. \u201cMerry Christmas.\u201d She\u2019d pulled the hoodie back from her face, and while the circle that traced her head wasn\u2019t exactly a halo, I had no doubt she\u2019d been heaven-sent. The guys and I went back to the grocery store parking lot, and I returned to Lois. I knew we\u2019d all have a great day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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