Sunday morning dawned bright and beautiful with a brand new layer of eight inches of snow. However, one of my most unfavorite persons is the city snowplower. While our driveway has eight inches of soft fluffy snow the end of my driveway has what seems like a two to three foot wall of icy compacted cement. But this Sunday morning was different. When I opened my garage door our driveway with the Berlin Wall at the entrance was completely cleared. There were tracks of a snowblower in the little snow that was left. We have a secret Santa. It is now Monday night and I still do not know who was this incredible gifter. My wife says she saw someone with a scarf over his face. Who was that masked man? Recently I have become the recipient of many nice things. After church this weekend I was offered a load of firewood. He was not wearing a mask.
The news is so full of terror and horror it is easy to forget that our communities are filled with caring, generous people. Brian Williams, the news anchor for NBC, finishes each evening’s broadcast featuring something good. Last week as he closed he said, “The world is full of good people. We just need to tell their stories.” So I thought I should share two of them.
Written by Roger Bothwell on December 31, 2012
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