Good people do still exist.
I know we all thought they were fossilized somewhere barren.
But I was helped by not one... wait for it... but TWO GREAT people yesterday.
Yesterday the train died between Bonteheuwel and Langa station. We waited and waited for a long time but the train still didn't move.
Eventually people started climbing off the train and started walking towards Langa station to get another train. Frustrated with just sitting there, going nowhere slowly.
Now I'm 24 weeks pregnant, so there's no way I can jump off the train but I also can't sit on the train all alone waiting vir wie nogal?
All these worrying thoughts float around in my head, which I know isn't good for the baby but I somehow think it all the same. sigh.
Anyway these two knights in shining armour came to my rescue. Shelwin (I later find out is his name) stands on the tracks with his arms held out towards me.
"Kom girl, moenie bang issie!" he says to me.
- why I always get spoken to in Afrikaans is a mystery i still need to uncover.
"I'm scared I tell him!" -cos its very high from the train onto the tracks.-
"Don't worry! We won't let anything happen to your baby." Shelwin says.
I'm scared but I know I don't have a choice... So I close my eyes tightly and feel how I get swiftly carried down off the unmoving train and onto the steel tracks.
Keppies (yes, that is his name) helps me across the tracks and safely onto the platform at Langa station.
Once there, as opposed to leaving me to my own devices and worrying about themselves, Shelwin, Keppies and a group of ladies tell me to follow them - cos they going the same way as I am.
To say they ensured I got home safely, would be an understatement. Yes I might have gotten home later then usual (7 pm) but at least my pickaneen and I came home in one solid piece :) I'm so thankful for the blessing of them.
I was scared and overwhelmed and I'm sure my baby felt it too cos gosh she moved around a lot.
The kicks are getting firmer and harder and more frequent now. Borderline painful, its uncomfortable...but maybe it means my little girl will have gorgeous strong legs - lets's hope!
