Kindness is all around but sometimes We don’t notice until it’s gone.
It was Christmas, 1997 and I had just bought my first (and only) home. The day after I moved in there was a knock on the door. I couldn’t imagine who it would be, I wasn’t expecting anyone. It was my next door neighbor, Linda, introducing herself, and bringing me a platter of homemade brownies as a welcome gift. I was amazed! In all the places I’d lived before, I barely knew my neighbor’s names! But there’s more. Read More
Turns out Linda’s husband, Ed, was as kind as she was. There’s a light out front over my garage that I thought was the responsibility of the Homeowners Association to take care of. It wasn’t until Ed & Linda moved out a couple of years ago and the bulb didn’t get changed when it went out, that I realized Ed had been changing the bulb for me – for 20 years! Never said a word, never bragged about it or asked for anything in return, just did it. Truly a couple of Good Samaritans.
