Tag Archives: memories
Rave
RAVE to the trash collectors for their hard work recently. They have to pick up multiple lawn and leaf bags, and work much harder than any other time of year, and they do so efficiently and without complaint. RAVE to the people … Continue reading
Quiet Kindness
I’m a night cleaner in a hospital. One room on my route always had lavenders in a vase.An old nurse told me a woman used to bring lavenders every night for her dying husband. He passed years ago, but she still comes with lavenders once a week to put in that room. She says that … Continue reading
Quiet Kindness
I stayed at a cheap roadside motel after losing everything — job, apartment, relationship.The clerk handed me a key and said, “Room 7. No deposit tonight.” I asked why. He said, “You look like me ten years ago.”When I checked out a month later, I left enough cash to cover another stranger’s week. When my dad passed, I couldn’t bring myself … Continue reading
Quiet Kindness
My grandma was in the hospital for a long time. When she died, I donated her old, knitted quilt to the ward that treated her. 2 years later, when my daughter was born, I noticed the same colorful quilt folded at the foot of our bed. A nurse smiled and said, “It’s … Continue reading
The best mail I ever received
In the back of one of my closets is an unopened FedEx box from my mother. My 92-year-old mom died on March 8, 2019, and this box was delivered on March 11, 2019, as though it was mailed by the … Continue reading
