Did anyone do something kind for you today?
Today I was fortunate enough to have my husband working from home. It's always nice having his company on a weekday! He was watching my children inside while I remained outside after a nice family walk. I decided to finally tackle shoveling out the mailbox once and for all - a whole winter's worth of snow and ice! You see my husband is from Florida originally so it never occurred to him to snow blow anything besides the driveway and walkway to the front door. I have reminded him several times so the mailman can access our box easily (and so I can retrieve the mail without stepping over the snowbank!) and he either forgets, or is just plain worn out since he snow blows 10 driveways in addition to ours. Anyway, I got the ice chipper and the big aluminum shovel and was making some real progress when our friendly neighbor walked by during the beginning of his daily journey with his two dogs. He suggested I leave my shovel there for him so he could finish digging out my mailbox on his way home. What a nice man! Like DebB who commented on my original post, this is the only way many people know how to live. Most are kind by nature and don't need someone to create a Kindness Campaign to remind them. :) But this is why this forum was created - so we can read more about these people and the kind deeds that occur every day in our community. So thank you Kind Neighbor! I actually felt very gratified that I was able to get through the entire snowbank and 6" of ice on the pavement on my own, even before he walked by on his way home.
Did anyone do something kind for you today?
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