What a crazy week. I drove 12 hours to Michigan from NC on Friday and drove back yesterday. All with a 4 year old in the car. She was great though and we hardly used the iPad. Lot's of singing and chatting. It was nice.

Around 6:30 last night we stopped at a rest area so that my daughter could "go." When we were getting back in to our car a man approached us as I was putting my daughter in her car seat. He said, as he approached me with my back facing him, "excuse me sir, my alternator broke on my car, my wife and children are in it and all our credit cards are missing, can you help me out?"

My first inclination was, my daughter and I are vulnerable right now and this guy is likely full of shit. The man looked distraught and had I been alone I would have engaged him in conversation and attempted to help. However, I was alone and the parking lot was pretty empty and I had my daughter with me. I said, "I'm sorry man, it's just me and my daughter. Good luck." I shut my daughters door, got in the car and drove off.

I felt like an asshole. What should I have done? What would you have done?