Kindness Saves the Day

"The only people who you should get even with are those who have helped you."
~ John Southard

Imagine a working mother who is on a five-day business trip hundreds of miles from home...  She leaves a chart on the refrigerator (several copies, of course) with what she thinks are all the necessary details, the things she keeps in her head -- when PE uniforms are needed, what activities are after school, who is picking up whom...  And then, on the most complicated day, she receives a text from the babysitter that she has been in a car accident and is at the hospital.  Thankfully, the babysitter, who was alone in the car, is fine, but there is that complicated day to worry about.

Right after I received the text from our sitter, I also received at text from one of my best friends who had heard about the accident.  "What do you need me to do?" she asked.  Many texts later, the patchwork solution involved a willing grandmother who rescheduled an appointment and a dedicated friend who drove more than a bus driver to shuttle my children and hers everywhere they needed to go.  Kindness truly saved the day -- and my sanity.