The Perfect Parking Spot

Yesterday, I had to go to a doctor's appointment. Since it was a 3:30 p.m. appointment, we decided to stop at the grocery store before the appointment because I would most likely not get out of my appointment until around 5 p.m. At that time of day if we tried to go to the grocery store, we would have to fight traffic and lots of people at the store. It was very warm yesterday. (It was so warm, my sweat was sweating.) So, I brought along a cooler and ice packs to keep our groceries cool, and we picked up groceries before my appointment.

Parking at the doctor's office in the afternoon is always a challenge. There are many doctors and other medical services in the building complex. There are plenty of parking spaces. However, since all the offices are only one story tall, there is only a single row of parking stalls near each office's entrance. For my doctor's office, this means there are only about 10 parking stalls. If any additional parking is needed, a person has to park behind the building and then walk around the building and up a small hill to the office's entrance.

With that all being said, I hoped we would be able to park near the doctor's office. To my shock, directly across from the doctor's office, there was a parking space AND it was in the shade! A small tree was growing in front of the parking stall. Its leaves and branches provided complete shade for this one parking spot. On the right and left of the stall, the tree provided only partial shade. We gleefully took this close, shaded space.

As always, the medical provider was running late. By the time I got out of my appointment, it was a few minutes after 5 p.m. I hoped it was not extremely hot in the car. I hoped our groceries were still good. To my absolute delight, when I entered the car, it was warm, but not hot inside. The shade from the tree did an amazing job protecting our car from the sun and prevented our car from heating up.

When we arrived home, I was thrilled the ice packs and coolers kept our groceries cold. I profusely thanked God for His abundant kindness. Out of the hundreds of parking spaces at the medical complex, the perfect spot was waiting for us--close to the entrance to my doctor's office and in the shade. What a blessing.