― Ricky Maye
It was a dark
and stormy night... Actually it
was. My daughter and I had stopped in at
our neighborhood grocery store to buy a few items and gone outside to find that
it was pouring rain and our car parked far away. We waited for the rain to stop, but it didn't. We usually run into people we know, but no
luck. Until -- we saw our local hero and
his wife park in the undercover garage next to the supermarket. They asked us what we were doing and when we
told them that we were waiting for the rain to let up a bit, the husband immediately
asked, "Where's your car?" And
he whisked us away in his very dry black Suburban to our car.
I call this
gentleman our local hero because he truly is.
After 9/11, he decided he wanted to do something for our country. So now, he is a Navy Seabee chief and has
done tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as other countries. He is a hero to many -- the people he has
helped, the men he has led and certainly the family that supports him. And on this dark and stormy night, he was a
kindness hero to this mother and her daughter.
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