Hello,
I live in Portland, Oregon. Lots of folks sleep outside here all through the winter. Tuesday, on my walk to my office building, I saw a man wrapped in a blanket digging through a street corner trash can. I was running late, and even though I should have stopped to help him by buying him some breakfast or giving him a few dollars, I didn’t.
Then, Tuesday evening, I read about Abbie and your family’s desire to hear about acts of kindness on lateenough.com.
Wednesday morning, I left my home a few minutes early and stopped at Starbucks. I bought a grande cup of coffee, a warm bagel with cream cheese and a box lunch with fruit and cheese.
I walked to the place where I had seen the man the day before. He wasn’t there, but in front of City Hall, I saw a cluster of sleeping bags. Some people are spending their Christmas week sleeping in front of City Hall to call attention to the problem of homelessness in my community. I walked up to two people who were awake and said, “Please give this to whoever wakes up and needs it most!”
They gratefully took the warm items out of my hands and I walked on to work — feeling rather warm myself.
Blessings to your family in this season. My thoughts are with you in the loss of your dear Abbie.
Sincerely,
Sue Campbell
Please perform an act of kindness this week and send it to abbiewaters{at}aol.com. Her family will print all the emails and fill Abbie’s stocking with them. They will read them all on Christmas morning in memory of Abbie.