These stories are so alarming! I usually have my cell phone attached to my ear, literally. I have never thought of all that could go wrong in the yard, taking out the trash, etc.

I remember in early fall, I was driving J to school. It was a Wednesday morning, and our one neighbor, next block down, had started to return the garbage cans to the houses. He is a super nice guy that way, he takes the trash out, and the cans back to the house for probably 10 people. (Not me, I live on the wrong block).

Anyhow, he had fallen and couldn't get up- no joke. He suffered a stroke years ago, and has mobility issues. I saw him on the ground!!! It was all I could do not to burst out into tears, seeing him lying there. What if I hadn't happened along? I go slow, and notice stuff like that. What if, what if...

Anyhow, he told me how to help him get up, and he was so sweaty. I could tell he had tried quite a bit himself, already. Makes me sad all over again just thinking about it. I might tell him next time I see him out and about, to get a cell phone and have it with him! He walks every single am....in the dark.