Sunday, October 19, 2014

The Kindness of Lightening the Load

"We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load."
― Ann Romney

I have written about this before, but tales of kindness bear repeating -- especially when they are new.  I recently hosted a family event, the day after a late-night outing with one child and the day before leaving on a business trip.  To say that I was tired before the festivities began is an understatement.  But when you need help, there it is -- in the kindness of friends who come early and stay late, who help pick up... who lighten the load.  While I would never say that hosting an event is a burden (I truly see it as a privilege), sometimes it seems to be a little more work than we can easily manage.  As often as my friends help me to breeze through, I am always amazed and eternally grateful.

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