The Daily Rescue

Tell us about the time you rescued someone else (person or animal) from a dangerous situation. What happened? How did you prevail?

I wish I had stories of bravery to tell here where I threw myself in front of a speeding car to rescue a toddler stranded on the road or I pulled the dog out of the river to return it to its owner, but sorry I don’t have anything. Not that I wouldn’t put myself in danger to bring my child out of it, but thankfully nothing like that has ever happened.

As a mother I’m always rescuing my 4 year old from situations which he thinks are quite serious. “Help me, Mama, please help me!” cries the little guy trying to fix his broken toy. I come over and with expert maneuvers put his toy back together. “Mama, make me OK” he sobs when he gets hurt usually doing something naughty. I rub his hand and kiss it and make the pain go away. No repairman or doctor could do what I can do.

So what makes me such an expert? In my son’s mind Mama can fix any broken toy and mend any little hurt he gets. That’s what mothers are for.

I like my role as a rescuer. It makes me feel important and special.

And so it makes me sad to think that the older he gets and the more sophisticated his toys get it will be more difficult for me to fix them. And he’ll soon be old enough not to cry when he gets hurt and learn that eventually with time his wounds will heal by themselves. Will he stop needing me to rescue him?

Daily Prompt: Daring Do

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8. Saving an abused child | alienorajt
9. An 8 month old called Lili | The Number FiftyTwo
10. Daily Prompt: Daring Do | Basically Beyond Basic
11. bold | yi-ching lin photography
12. Saved the Giddy Goat | Underneath her little mind
13. Daring Do At Your Rescue | Kansa Muse
14. When I Was Supermom | mycookinglifebypatty
15. Daily Prompt: Daring Do | Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss
16. …is beautiful | peacefulblessedstar
17. A Failed Rescue | Flowers and Breezes
18. Daring Do | nanopod: hybrid studio
19. Your Journey Is Your Own | The Nameless One
20. Rescued | Life is great
21. My Rescue! | Haiku By Ku
22. DAILY PROMPT: PUTTING OUT THE FIRE | SERENDIPITY
23. Simon Rescued Himself
24. Bold | Momma Said There’d Be Days Like This
25. ted corbitt and i | fragments of life
26. Daily Prompt: Daring Do | My Extraordinary Everyday Life
27. Top O’ The World Ma (Daily Prompt: Daring Do – Bold) | PCH Traveler
28. I think the stars are a little out of alignment | Rob’s Surf Report
29. BOLD | Active Army Wife
30. DP Challenge: In the End…He is Still an Animal « Morning Pages
31. Daily Prompt: Daring Do | My Atheist Blog
32. When I Found Her, She Was Not There…(wp daily prompt) | Daily Observations
33. The Pistol | johnny ojanpera
34. Daily Prompt: Daring Do | soulfoodwords
35. Bold (how I saved my soul) | Stories from aside
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37. Daily Prompt: Heroine | One Starving Activist
38. Daily Prompt Challenge: I Dared To Help A Friend In Recovery Crisis | *Recovery Ramblins Blog Of ~ Author Catherine Lyon*
39. Up, Up and Away! | meanderedwanderings
40. My Role of Rescuer – To My Drama-Addicted Family
41. derring-done | sarahscapes
42. Zakc Head
43. TO SAVE THE WORLD | hastywords
44. Daily Prompt: Daring Do: Hello? | UP! With Jesus
45. Daily Prompt: Daring Do | Lost Bulldog! 😦 | House of Farts
46. The Pass – a short story. | Kate Murray
47. Dare To Save Your Life | Emotional Fitness
48. Rescue Me | Wiley’s Wisdom
49. Daily Prompt: Daring Do | GG’s World
50. A Fire In Five Minutes | polymathically
51. DP: The little guy. | Simple Heart Girl
52. The Forgotten Rescue Of One Lucky Dog! | The Political and Social Chaos Blog
53. Daring Do | Maine Forest Cafe
54. Close Call « Love~K
55. Rescuing Kerouac | The Silver Leaf Journal
56. The Daily: Daring Do | Patty Ryan Lee
57. Bold Silence | The Artistic Nobody
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