MUNI underground photo taken from Lucy's perspective in 2007
On this morning’s MUNI adventure to take Lucy to her summer day camp, we took the underground and then a bus. She’s been carrying her very precious prized small tooth fairy pillow with her because she has a loose tooth and wants to have the pillow with her at camp in case the tooth falls out at camp.
While we were stepping off the underground, she accidentally dropped the small pillow and I watched it fall towards the gap between the train and the platform. I held my breath and wondered how we’d ever replace it. Just as it almost fell into the gap and under the train, a small threshhold popped out, at floor level, between the train and the platform, and caught the pillow.
I picked up the pillow and we walked towards the stairs to leave the station. While we were walking towards the stairs, Lucy said, “I was so scared my body and head were shaky inside and then I was so glad I didn’t lose my pillow but my insides were still shaky.” I said, “That’s adrenaline, it’s something your body creates when you’re scared or excited, and then you might be relieved and let out a big breath and said, Whew! and still feel the adrenaline.” Lucy said, “I felt my body feel the Whew! but I didn’t say it, my body said Whew to itself and it still feels it.”
Can’t make this stuff up.
