7 Stories: The Kindness of Strangers (suggested theme)

I am nervously checking the weather for a reason. Some years ago we flew back to Seattle from the east coast where it had begun to snow, and we felt very smug that we were leaving since we grew up with snow and remember it as a big hassle. When we arrived in Seattle and tried to get a cab home, no one would take us because unbeknownst to us, there had been a huge snowstorm in Seattle!

At least 5 cabbies refused to go anywhere near our street knowing it was a long slippery snowy hill down to our house. In the end one cabbie agreed to take us as far as the downtown area of our little town where he said we’d have to find a ride home from someone with 4-wheel drive. What? On a Sunday night at 10:00?? In two feet of snow???

He dropped us at a pub where to our surprise there was a raucous Christmas party in full swing, and it appeared that many of the merrymakers were drunk. We explained our situation to the waitress who looked around doubtfully and said she’d see what she could do. A few minutes later she came back and said there was an off-duty police officer at the bar who’d had only one drink and was willing to take us home in his truck.

Thanks to the kindness of this stranger, we got home and up our steep driveway. He even struggled through the snow and took us and our luggage right to our front door. We offered to pay him and invited him in for food and a hot drink, but he refused and said he liked to help people which was enough for him.

We will never forget him and his kindness! We hope that many if not all of you have experienced the kindness of strangers, or maybe some stranger experienced your kindness. These are the stories we want to hear to warm us up in the cold month of February!

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