Bearing gifts
I have a 65 year old friend who loves teddy bears - she feels they are part of her family and they give her great joy. Not being a teddy bear person myself, (cute, but I don't 'get' the fascination) I bought, arranged and covertly delivered a basket full of teddy bears and a sympathy note to my friend whose adult niece lost her 2-year battle with cancer. She said the new bears joined her others and they were 'having a party' . She said they brought comfort, put a smile on her face and made her day a little happier. My lesson was that I don't have to buy into someone else's passion or belief in order to to cheer them up.
- Posted by pat2
- Mar 9, 2014
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The More Unglamorous Jobs
Helga, my landlady 20 years ago when I first moved to CA, was always appreciative and naturally thoughtful. Knowing we were new to the area and didn't know a soul, she invited us to her Friday night happy hour get togethers with the other tenants and her friend.
What stayed with me even more than that kindness was that each Monday, when the garbagemen came to pick up the trash, she ALWAYS ran out to then with a bottle of iced tea or fruit juice for each of them. That was two guys plus the driver - every week!
My parents always tipped the postman at Christmas along with the paper delivery boy, but I never knew of anyone who remembered the garbageman.
I'm not consistent, but from time to time - I too have tried to follow in Helga's footsteps!
- Posted by pat2
- Dec 18, 2011
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