Beyond what i could handle.

As you may know,we are expecting our second baby due November 30th. We are super excited and according to Jacob, more hands to help around the house :).I had been suffering from a cold last week and seems like this week it has taken its toll.I can barely keep anything in and is very choosy with what i drink.Head hurts from time to time and they say i can only take tylernol.
Jacob has been gone as of last week and we know how much he hates been away from his family. Everyone at work tells me all about it and sometimes they would even joke about it.

So this morning as much as how sick i was to go to base,i had to. William was running low on wipes and milk and i needed to buy a pluger for our clogged sink.With these, we had to go cancel appointments. We got to the BX and it was time for William to have lunch so i figured feeding him in the car would be easier.This was around 11.

After we were done,i carried him out together with our diaper bag.Bought the pluger and didn't want to make another trip to the commisary(grocery store) so i just ended up buying the milk from the Shoppett around the corner.

Walking back to our car, the rain started drizziling.When we got to the car,i looked for the keys and they weren't where i thought it was.I looked everywhere in the diaper bag as well as the trolley. Decided to take a peak inside the car and saw it laying beside William's car seat.Oh how i was so devastated. Pulling every door handle wishing one would unlock,such was impossible.

Walked back inside to customer service hoping they would help.They called the sp's( cops) and they said that they could only help if a child was inside.So they called this german company of base ADAC (something like locksmiths) and they said that i should be a member in oder for them to help me. So i asked the customer service people if there was anyone around to help me but according to them no one was available.I would have called Jacobs work but everyone was on the same tdy as he was.

I walked out thinking what am i going to do.This is something i don't really know anything about. Looked in the diaper bag, there was a pair of loop earings.Got it out, bend it and started messing the keyhole with it. This was around 12ish which was lunch time for most people so no one would wanna waste their time for a hungry belly. Someone told me to call the cops, someone said call ADAC, someone said go to customer service. This was pretty much everything i had done. A lady told me as she was driving by to get a black hair pin. What she forgot to tell me was what to do with it. I figured messing with the keyhole was it. Another lady told me, u need to get a hangar and hook it up in there. Again,hook it up where or how. I had made 3 trips to the BX by this time,the rain started to pour .Tried my best to cover my son. Of cause both of us was starting to get wet.
Being a person who hates quitting,i kept going. William started to fuss so i took him off the trolley and held him in one arm and kept working on the car. Keep in mind,i didn't have a clue on what i was doing but i kept trying to be doing something.
With William in one hand , it was difficult working. At this point, i hit the spot.I just cried.As much has how strong i wanted to be, i couldn't hold it anymore. My mind started to wonder. Missing my husband started to kick in.How he would really love to help and be here in a heartbeat. I know i have always told him to have faith and seek strength.At this time,i was almost hearing him tell me the same exact thing.I said a quick prayer and began working again. I looked at William and he was dozing off to sleep. My son was actually sleeping in the rain :( My heart started to feel heavy again.

Around 2 was when a man rushing to his car saw me from a distant and yelled out, Mam can i help you? I told him i had locked my keys in the car. He came over and told us to go sit in his car.We were both wet by then but he didn't mind. I layed William in the car over a backpack and covered him with the mans jacket.I quickly went back to see if he needed any help.We used up every single hangar we could. Mind you these were the soft type plastic hangars.They didn't have the metal ones anymore so it made it difficult to try and hook up the button to unlock. We would have just gone home and left the car there until Jacob got back since he has the other spare key but our housekey was hooked up with the car key.And our neighbour who would have helped open our house was in Denmark.Everything was going downhill.


Anyway,4 o'clock came and i said i was ready to break the window. After all i had already broken the rubber tubes. But he said he'll keep trying.I have never been so grateful for a person who went out of his way to help us.Around 5 was when i went to check back on William who was sleeping and could hear him yelling , i got it. I was so happy and at the same time humbled with this mans patience.I could only pray for blessings upon him and his family.As i was thanking him,i saw his name tag McGray and realised that we hadn't introduce ourselves. He was a god given angel to help us.

Through this experience,i am able to see myself as a better mother and a wife. Knowing that i would do what i can for my family with or without my husband.This doesn't change the fact on how i see the military nor lessen the pride i have for it. I am proud of what my husband does and will continually support him no matter what the circumstances may be. We are a family, a pack that will never be disrupted.
I have learnt that sometimes someone else comes and carries your burden.Tells you exactly what you need to hear.In this case,as he was trying to pull the unlock button and was unsuccesful..i could hear him saying to himself...so close yet so far but my faith is still burning. Also another great act of patience. I had given up on my car but he helped me gained that virtue back.