After being disappointed by cancelled plans with a good friend, I spent some time considering their perspective. It is easy for the people from the previous chapter of my life to become enveloped in their misguided concerns but it’s unfortunately disappointing how much things like this can affect the logistics of our day. We ended up deciding to walk to Walmart, which was 4 miles away. Temps were in the 90s so we had 7 water bottles with a bowl for the dogs and aimed to make the journey slowly. We stopped in every patch of shade we came to. About a mile into our walk, taking a break for water in the shade on the sidewalk, we started joking with each other about walking into the church or police station across the street to inquire about a ride. Just as we finished kidding around and got ready to start moving again, an AMAZING local woman of Nahant pulled over to the side of the road to check on us and told us to get in as she was heading in the same direction and didn’t mind helping us out! Thanks to Terry Clark of Nahant, we made it to Walmart in ten minutes as opposed to the multi-hour walk we had mentally prepared for. Thanks to Shaun’s sister Amanda, we grabbed some canned goods, a new battery and a bag of dog food! We are finding support in surprising ways every day. As I waited in the shade with the dogs for Shaun, Terry pulled up and offered us a ride back! We are so blessed to know and meet people like her. She showed us the nearby ‘doggie beach’, told us a bit about her town and community, and even gave us her phone number and address to reach out should we need anything else. She told us she’d never done anything like this before and from what we can tell, she is connected to a higher power that called her to us. Once we got back to the boat around 2pm I sent Terry a text message to thank her again and ask how we could return the favor. Her reply was only to pay it forward, which we intend to do. Thank you again, Terry- you have restored some of our faith in humanity! We hung our tarp for shade, went for a swim and even dunked the dogs in the ocean for a quick cool off. We all napped through the heat and woke up for dinner time. I made corned beef hash with corn and rice for dinner- best served with hot sauce!