My physical therapy office is located on West Broad Street in the strip mall that used to be home to Factory Card Outlet, Pharmor, etc. Every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday I drive down Georgesville Road at 6:45am ALONE in the quiteness of the car since all of the kids are still at home sleeping while Mike is getting ready for work. I drive past McDonalds and wish I could stop for a Frappe. I see a house where I lived for a few years with my parents and older sister, Dawn. I stop at a few red lights and then I pass by the old Delphi plant.
The old Delphi plant. It is being torn down and will soon be replaced with a casino. I am not going to write about my feelings regarding the casino. Rather, I am going to write about the Delphi plant.
As I drove by a few weeks ago I noticed something that never caught my attention in the 33 years I have lived in Columbus and driven past this very spot. There are lights along a walking path. LIGHTS? A WALKING PATH? My mind immediately did what it often does... I started imagining people walking on that path. MEN walking during their lunch break. Hardworking men providing for their wife & kids at home. There was a lighted walkway so these men- many of which probably hated their job- could go outside and get some fresh air & exercise.
I started getting choked up- typical Amy- and started imagining the wives & children at home. Missing their fathers/husbands. Hoping their husbands would earn enough money to pay bills but also hoping their husbands would come home safely and not have to work late.
Where are these men? Where are their wives? Where are their children? DID THEY KNOW THE LORD? I am sure several are dead since I read somewhere that the plant was at least 60 years old. So sad. I never cared about that building or thought of the people who walked those lighted paths but I can't help but think of all the lives that were touched, bills that were able to be paid, friendships that were built, laughs that were shared, prayers that were answered.
Silly, I know. But I think of it EVERY time I see those lights along the path that will soon no longer be there.
2 comments:
one of those men lives in Indiana now with his wife and kids (my very good friend from highschool and her husband). They do love the Lord and thankfully God provided them with 2 transfers since the plant closed. Wish Delphi was still open so that Anna still lived close. :( but thankful that God has provided for their needs.
You are not silly. You are tenderhearted Amy, which is something most people are not or choose not to be because of busy lives. Never apologize or be ashamed for your tender heart!
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