So…the trailer park leased the land for 50 or 90 yrs then rented the spots out to residents.
The first nations told these ppl yrs ago that the lease to the trailer park was up in two yrs and wouldn’t be renewed and these ppl didn’t look for other options. I mean that’s ON THEM.
I hired a young man to help my father around the house after his surgery. He showed up fifteen minutes early with a notebook, asking about my dad’s medication schedule and favorite meals. I expected the basics, just light cleaning and making sure he didn’t miss his pills. When I came home that evening, my father was laughing. The laundry was folded, dinner was warm, and the porch light had been fixed. They were playing chess at the kitchen table.
I told him he didn’t have to do all that. He shrugged and said, “I don’t like doing things halfway.”
Turns out he was studying physical therapy but had paused school because he couldn’t afford his clinical hours. He was working multiple small jobs to save up.
I mentioned it to a friend who runs a rehabilitation center. They needed an assistant and were willing to sponsor the rest of his training in exchange for a work contract.
He went back to school that fall.
Some people don’t just show up for the job. They show up for the calling.
My college roommate didn’t even want kids right away. She got pregnant by accident at 29. After the shock wore off, she started warming up to the idea. She downloaded apps. Measured fruit sizes. Her partner went from nervous to excited in weeks.
At 18 weeks, she was in a minor car accident. Nothing dramatic. Airbags didn’t even deploy. She told the ER she was pregnant. They monitored her for a bit and said everything looked fine. Sent her home with Tylenol and “rest.”
Two days later she felt something was off. Less movement. A strange tightness. She went back. There was no heartbeat.
They told her sometimes trauma just causes these things. Sometimes the placenta detaches later. Unpredictable.
She blamed herself for driving that day.
Her relationship didn’t survive the grief. He said every time he looked at her, he remembered the hospital room. Eventually he left.
Years later, when she requested her ER records for unrelated insurance paperwork, she noticed a line in the initial report: “Recommend 24-hour observation due to abdominal impact.” She’d only been monitored for three.
There was also a note: “Patient reports decreased fetal movement.” That complaint was never charted in discharge instructions. No follow-up call.
It wasn’t just the accident. It was being sent home too soon.
She spent a decade replaying the crash in her head.
Sometimes the loss isn’t destiny.
Sometimes it’s a decision made in a hurry.