Thinking you’re alone, realizing you are not. A story of crisis, wonder, and a dog
And I'm so alone how I'm going to handle this? And by the time I gotten around to the dog, there are 13 people around us. People were coming from the sidewalk, people stopped their cars, these people had their we were analyzing to check out its spine. All this stuff happened. And before I knew it, these people, this truck had swooped up the dog and we're taking it to the vet and the dog was gone
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:31
And it was just one of these moments where I just felt completely surrounded by a bunch of faces wanting to do the right thing. And eventually ambulance came and I got taken care of. But I remember in that moment, and since then, never feeling alone in my neighborhood, because I knew that there were lots of people out there that were very capable and very loving. So it was very immediate. So I'm wondering if you felt that immediate sense of connection with people
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Chelsea Hanawalt
@allowthesun · 3:10
Hi. Thank you for sharing this story. And like Deborah said, I'm so glad that people came and helped and that you were not alone in that moment and that you thought you were worth that. I can definitely imagine just being in shock. I think. I would think when I'm thinking of myself in the circumstances, my body does the freeze. It takes me a little bit to get into the fight mode or flight mode
And so it requires calling out. And I guess in your case, you mentioned you were screaming. And that is just such a release of emotions, and people really respond to it. But Leah so it's like any time that I'm able to communicate that I need help, people just rush to help. I guess that's what we're here for at the end of the day. So thank you for the reminder