Everybody has a story to tell

Saturday we took the kids to Duluth overnight to visit Bentleyville tour of lights!  To be honest, I didn't even know what this was until last year... never heard of it before.  But good ol' facebook had some pics and it looked like something the kids would enjoy. We didn't tell them where we were going, so it was a fun surprise for them.  We checked in to the hotel, did some swimming (we played tag in the pool and had a blast!), had some dinner, and took the shuttle bus from the hotel to Canal Park where the lights are. 

 

We missed the 7pm shuttle by a couple mins, so we had to wait for the 7:30 bus so we stood outside for the half hour waiting and met an interesting lady at the bus stop.  Shane asked her if we were in the right location for the shuttle pick-up, and she covered her face and said "I don't have any money" in some foreign accent. After an awkward pause, she began laughing, and said "just kidding, I don't know where shuttle pick up is".  After chatting a while (sometimes with an accent), she revealed that her accent is fake and she uses it to break the ice when meeting people.  Interesting.  She had recently moved to Duluth because the Lord had told her to, but she hasn't figured out why yet.  She came from Grand Forks, but resided most of her life in California.  I told her we were from St. Cloud, and she said "I've lived there too! Well... it was only for 2 weeks but I lived there".  I consider that a vacation, but I guess she lives wherever the good Lord takes her! She had never married or had children, and her parents are gone.  She has a brother that lives in Wisconsin but when she contacted him after moving to Duluth he didn't have any interest in meeting her, after not being in contact for 40 years.  She joked that she must of done something to piss him off 40 years ago.  She reminded me of Jack Dawson from Titanic... just a free spirit set out to make the best of the cards she's been dealt.  I pray her brother finds some compassion, and maybe forgiveness, and reunites someday with her.  She may have been a little coo-coo, but we all enjoyed her company & it really is interesting when you just sit back and listen to people tell their story.  I wish I would've got her name or took a pic with her, cause she really was fascinating to me.