One Shoe

So it has happened again. As I was driving to school this morning, there was one shoe in the middle of the road. Whenever this sight appears, I always pause to wonder the following:
1. Why one shoe?
2. Did someone throw it out?
3. Did it fall out of a car?
4. Who's shoe is it?
5. Where is the other shoe?
As I wonder these things, I also say a prayer. For who or what you may ask?
I never know, I always pray that the owner of the shoe is safe, warm and not in need of the item any longer.
I also pray that the shoe will find a place to rest either picked up by a person, or an animal. I love the story "The Mitten" and read it in January or February to my class each year. The story is about a lost mitten that animals find and soon inhabit.
I digress. So a shoe was in the middle of the road today. It was a small shoe and it looked as if it had been well worn. I wonder if God puts these shoes in the road for people to notice and stop and think. I also wonder if angels place them there to remind us to slow down and pay attention when driving. I will never know, but I do know this....If you see a lone shoe in the road today, stop and say a prayer.