The rain came down & the floods came up...

All names have been changed to protect the true identity of those in this rainy tale.

Once upon a time there was a guy named Mitch and a girl named Lila. There was a very bad storm heading toward downtown that Lila was oblivious to. Mitch was tucked away high up in his skyscraper working away. Lila knew that the rain was causing flooding, but the adventurous side of her decided to make her way home. Lila pulled out onto a street we will call Stanton and carefully watched other cars proceed through what was tire deep water. Patiently waiting her turn to pull through the flooding street, she stalled. I mean, her car stalled. Her RENTAL car stalled. Thinking that the worst of it was over, she calmly started gathering up her things and planned her great escape. Lila called Mitch to tell him what had happened. Lila was on the phone to Mitch and the water started filling the car and moving the car around. Lila panicked and started screaming at Mitch to rescue her. Problem is, Mitch was 25 floors about flood level and was helpless to save Lila. At this point, Lila was in chest deep water and more worried about her laptop and phone than her safety. Lila hung up on Mitch siting that he could not help and she had to save herself. Lila determined that the she needed more than her flip flops to wade through 4 feet of water.
It was a miracle... a real rainbow moment... Lila's tennis shoes floated by.
Everything important was on the dash so Lila put her shoes on and crawled her way out of the car all while holding her tote bag above her head. Lila waded through the icky smoggy water and climbed out of the street towards safety while two bus ladies offered a helping hand and  a comment:
"Gurrrlllll, you just about drowned!" Thanks bus lady, kinda knew that!
 Here is where Mitch comes in- Mitch was already on his way to rescue Lila in his CAR.
You are probably already thinking, "OH NO." Yes, he did. Mitch drove straight into the flooded area of downtown and found Lila. Lila jumped in her man's car and off they went. No matter which road Mitch turned down, the water just kept rising and the rain kept pouring. Yep, you guessed it-one more insurance claim. Mitch and Lila's second car decided to become another flood casualty.

THE END!

What did Lila  learn from this adventure?

 Stay home on Rainy days

           Always have tennis shoes in your car

          Mitch can’t help from the 25^th floor

      Mitch is my hero!

         Laugh no matter water

          That GOD is my promise keeper!

The rain may come down, but the rainbow came out!

{Lila}