Kindness on Halloween

"I'm surrounded by it.  I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate.  I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so."
― Richard O'Brien

Halloween can be a crazy evening, but in the midst of the madness, kindness shines through, too.  Yesterday, before I headed out with my family, I received a call from my lovely friend asking if we had plans.  If we didn't, she wanted me to know where and at what time she was meeting other families, so that we could join her.  A little later, as we were making our way down the first streets, she called again, just to check in and make sure that we would not be meeting her group as they were getting ready to leave.  Some time after and based on my children's insistence to see her children, I called her and found out where she was, and we made our way to them.  Finding her group was made easier because my lovely friend was carrying a flashlight above her head that flashed a red light -- I saw her from half a block away.  We walked together for a while until we went off in different directions.  Today, she texted me to say that she was sorry that we had gotten separated.  I wrote back to thank her for being so attentive and to say that I was happy that we had spent some time together.