So I had to run to the grocery store today, so I got out of my four walls. It seems though that the grocery store are my other four walls. Oh well I wouldn't change it, I love staying home with my kids.
As I drove up and parked my car at the store the rain was just coming down. I sat and waited for a minute and then I noticed an elderly man standing just outside the door of the store. He looked as if he too were waiting for a break in the storm. I thought here is my chance. I got out of my car and he had decided to go too. I met him in the parking lot and asked him if I could help. He asked "are you and angel"? I replied no that I just wanted to help out. He then proceeded to tell me that this was the first day that he had gotten out of the house since his wife's death. He said he stood there before going to the car because they had always went to the store together. He said when it would rain she would make him wait because she liked to watch it. You could see the tears in his eyes as he retold the story. He again thanked me and hugged me.
Needless to say I looked like a wet dog by the time I got into the store, but helping him was way worth losing the hairdo. Sometimes I do think that we are put in places for a reason. Today I do think I was his Angel.
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Hi Leann. You might have truly been sent by an angel. I had an idea, I don't know whether you'll like it but here it is: You have a RAK League where people email you stories of what RAK they did. You keep points for each RAK someone does and post their story. At the end of the month you post the totals and then at the end of the year the person who did the most RAKs would get a prize whether it be a service done for them or whatever! I think it would be fun and it would be all in the good spirit of helping others. It would be our attempts on making the world a better place if many people participated.
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