Mek1

It's been a funny old day.

I had to pop out to get some shopping - stuff that I couldn't get in Sainsbury's yesterday - so out I went. As I got to Coxheath there was an elderly gentleman leaning against a lamppost and clearly in some distress. I stopped and asked if he was okay and he said that he felt a little shaky so I suggested that I could run him home. I assumed that it wasn't going to be too far given that he was walking. As it was it wasn't too far but it was still a fair distance for an 87 year old to be walking to get the shopping he was carrying.

When I got back here there were an elderly couple in a car across the road. The gentleman was out of the car and rocking it. I asked if I could help and he explained that the starter motor wasn't engaging and that they were lost. I spent some time rocking the car while he tried it but we didn't get it started. I suggested that if he had breakdown cover it would make sense to call it because even if we got it going we didn't know if it would start again once they'd been where they were going. He agreed and I took my shopping indoors and put the kettle on. There was a knock at the door and when I opened it he was there and he handed me his mobile so that I could explain to the person at the other end exactly where we were.

The only disappointment is that it seems I now face discrimination. I detailed my day to my largest child (she rang me from Abroad) and said I was on target to be a saint but she claims that I need to follow a Christian religion to be considered for canonisation. This is the same discriminatory attitude which meant that I couldn't apply for the Papacy when the job came up. They should move with the times and open up these positions - sainthood and Pope - to a wider demographic; atheists like me might be able to offer the new ways of thinking which will move the organisation forward.