“Come ride with me.” A few trips on a Paratransit bus will introduce you to a different world. It is a world of wheelchairs and walkers, dialysis patients and accident victims. A world of unexpected and unwanted delays, bumpy rides and slow moving traffic. It is also a world of resiliency, skilled and patient drivers, laughter and tears. It is a world that can be depressing and uplifting at the same time. Most passengers did not choose their limitations, their lack of mobility and independence. But many find a way to live full and courageous lives. My limitations are modest but real and sometimes tiring. Almost without fail, there will be a passenger, a driver, a story that will remind me that God’s ways are not our ways. That hope and beauty are found in unexpected places.
