Saturday, February 15, 2014

Kindness... Through Snow and Valentines' Day

"Kindness is like snow ― it beautifies everything it covers."
― Kahlil Gibran

A friend of mine's daughter in New Jersey had surgery yesterday.  I wanted to send the little girl a small treat, so I called the cookie shop I use in New York only to find that a gift would not arrive before Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.  I Googled a florist in the town where they live, but did not find anything that would make sense for a little girl.  After searching some more, I found a chocolate shop in their town.  I called and asked whether they delivered and they said no.  I explained the situation to the woman who answered the phone.  And... despite the snowy weather up north and the fact that it was Valentines' Day (which I had somehow forgotten), the woman from the store delivered a lovely package of chocolate goodies to my friend's daughter within a couple of hours of our conversation.  My friend was delighted and she said the gift brightened her daughter's day.  The mission would not have happened but for the kindness of a woman named Erin in New Jersey.

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