A long time coming

On Tuesday after I had been at the hospital all morning, I got home in time to talk to Mike on his way home from work. Suddenly Mike informed me that his passenger's window in his car would not go up. Once home he discovered that he needed to replace some parts. ( only $150 worth ) I offered to take Robby to karate , drop Cindy at her open house so she could pick up her schedule, go back and pick up Robby followed by picking up Cindy so he could do what he needed. When I arrived back at karate it was a few minutes until the end of class so I sat outside of the class for a few minutes. One of the first things that I heard was Sensei David telling someone ( I assumed Robby ) that until he fixed something, he would not advance to the next belt. Since David had mentioned that Robby would probably test today ( Thursday) my heart sank for him. He has been trying so hard since he started almost two years ago against some developmental difficulties and endless ear problems and surgeries that have messed with his equilibrium big time. Anyway I felt bad but it is out of my hands so I offered it up and moved on. Finally class ended . As Robby was putting on his shoes I tried to hurry him up as I was parked behind another family who were quite adamant in sharing that they needed to leave because they were already late for something or another. I almost got to my car when Sensei David called out " DIANE" I turned as did Cheyenne.(a student ) He yelled to me " Test on Thursday" " Wonderful "I answered.Here it was not Robby at all that he was talking to earlier. So tonight Robby will test and hopefully earn his orange belt.I would wish him Good Luck but as a High school friend's Dear Mother used to tell us, You don't need luck when you have skill !