When I saw your website about Kindness, I felt the need to buy the small wind vane. And after getting the piece and loving it!!!I wanted to learn more about your art work. OMG – How Special is Your Art and THIS PROJECT!!!! – Anyway, I wanted to contribute and write an article. In fact, if you are ever in NY, please call me to do the Interviews of Kindness.
My Kindness Story is about my Neighbor. He is very special and is always looking out for our neighborhood. Not like a police commando but like a concerned friend who just happens to be your neighbor that is making sure all is well.
The above photo shows me at the beach, while this happened to my house, when traveling as I am always on the road. As the last hurricane was heading in our direction, it was already too late to fly home to take care of my house. If you do not know about hurricanes, it is very difficult to get a flight into the path of the storm so it was impossible to get home. It also takes time, energy and supplies to prepare a home properly before a storm.
This meant my home and property would be unprotected during this terrible hurricane.
During storms like hurricanes, most communications are not working including the Internet. I could not reach anyone in the neighborhood by phone. Those neighbors who answered their phone had already left the area to be in a safe zone and they had no information.
It took three days to get home after the storm and when I arrived I could not believe what I had seen. My house was completely boarded up with plywood and was safe and dry as a result. It was my neighbor who took his time and spent his money to buy plywood and then board up all of my windows and doors. Had he not protected my house, I would have sustained a great loss. And the loss would have devastated my living situation and dwelling.
