Rahman Almousalli

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Rahman Almousalli @Ralmousalli]

@BillAckman @EPotterMD @X @UHC This is the type of event that has the potential to uncover dangerously unethical and misaligned incentives in healthcare, and maybe even a severe corporate governance issue at UNH (exec comp, patient welfare vs. profit, Anti-Kickback laws). Thank you, @BillAckman & @EPotterMD.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Let’s MAHA!

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

.@CocaCola and @PepsiCo have caused more harm to global health than likely any other company. Just look at the correlation between diabetes/obesity and soft drink consumption. It is remarkable that the plaintiffs bar has not yet won a massive judgment against them.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Don’t forget that we have the technology.

[MICDS Lacrosse @MICDSLacrosse]

STATE CHAMPIONS!!! Rams win 10 - 6 over DeSmet!! This is their 7th title in a row, and their 10th overall!! #efaa #alphadogs #madeinmay

[John Burroughs School @JBSchool]

A huge shout out and thank you to Express Speciality Pharmacy for providing the COVID-19 vaccines for our faculty and staff. We are so grateful and appreciative for the hard work of many to make this happen!

[spidur man @ridekybue]

beds are lowkey slept on

[MICDS Lacrosse @MICDSLacrosse]

Devastated that we officially lost our season. Thank you to our seniors for proving that tradition never graduates.

✅ 53-0 in MO
✅ 66-8 overall
✅ 3x State Champs (COVID won in ‘20)
✅ 2x Founders Cup
✅ Midwest Top 10 Every Year
✅ A Fine Group of Men

📸 STL Digital, Paul

[MICDS @MICDS]

We'd say that Homecoming 2019 was a HUGE success! Thanks to all of #RamNation for such a spirit-filled Homecoming week! #MICDS

GoPro Footage Credit: Will Schott '20 and Sully Keeley '20

[MICDS Lacrosse @MICDSLacrosse]

🥍 Game Day Tomorrow!

🐏🆚@vianneylacrosse
🏟 OHara Field
📍 Ladue, MO
⏰ JV- 12pm; V- 2pm

Attire- 👔👗

[STLhighschoolsports @STLhssports]

Boys lacrosse season preview: As contenders line up, MICDS takes aim on sixth consecutive MSLA title https://t.co/RtFKfxQuU5

[St. Louis Blues @StLouisBlues]

Big shoutout to Luke Bernstein, Jimmy Hereford, Adam Jasper and Rahman Almousalli, who are representing the Blues right now in Vail, Colorado! #stlblues

[USA Lacrosse Magazine @USALMag]

.@HoyasMLacrosse-bound Graham Bundy Jr. made his junior season count. He set the Missouri state record with 146 points and led MICDS to another state title, helping him earn @warriorlax/@USLacrosse Midwest Player of the Year. @CMALacrosse finishes No. 1. https://t.co/tWciOUWCu7

[Crawford Bundy @CrawfordBundy]

Freshman Season Highlights: 2021 Attack/Mid Crawford Bundy Spring '18 Film https://t.co/suDAs0HdBZ via @YouTube

Thanks to @theboyslacrosse for the vid.

[Crawford Bundy @CrawfordBundy]

Freshman Season Highlights 2017. @hudl https://t.co/SwDCZpJtMP

[Crawford Bundy @CrawfordBundy]

Excited to be ranked as the 58th Dual Threat quarterback in the class of 2021! Thanks to @QBHitList for the ranking!

[MICDS Lacrosse @MICDSLacrosse]

Rams JV advances to State Finals!!!

[Jonathan "Jack" Williams @Will_i_ams32]

Excited to be drafted by the London Knights! @GoLondonKnights #OHLDraft Grateful for the opportunity #Family @BluesAAA

[MICDS Lacrosse @MICDSLacrosse]

Congrats to MICDS stud hockey goalie, Jack Williams. Drafted to the London Knights in the #OHLDraft. Here's a look at his head shot: