variations on ‘play it forward’

February 3rd, 2009

We had another snow today. We didn’t get out, I can’t see my car, etc. Getting kind of tired of them, at this point.

So, mid-afternoon I looked out the front window and someone was in my neighbour’s driveway showing his son (or some young man) how to use a snow blower. My neighbour wasn’t home, and I thought that it will be so lovely for her to turn up and find that she doesn’t have to shovel tonight! I was so happy for her. I wished someone would snow blow my walk & drive, but I don’t want to take anything away from my neighbour!

Around 5 I took the kids up for bath and when Fuss was done, I sent him on his merry way. I was hanging out with Bug who wasn’t quite finished. Fuss came running upstairs to say that someone was out on our walk. What? I got Bug in her pajamas and went down to see what was going on.

My neighbour was out shovelling our walk and driveway! The very same one who had hers done by an unknown snow blower!

And, she had dropped off a book I’d been wanting to read.

My grumbly snow day really turned out to be quite nice in the end!

Enjoying the journey, Amanda

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3 Comments Add your own

1. Risa | February 3rd, 2009 at 9:42 pm

How lovely! So have you figured out yet what you are going to do to keep the random-acts-of-kindness chain going?
2. Amanda | February 3rd, 2009 at 9:49 pm

I’m thinking about that! When it’s this miserable out, it’s easy to make people smile….
3. lauren4521 | February 14th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

Don’t ya just love nice neighbors!? Liam had to work late on our snow day here (which in NC was probably a drop in the bucket to most but here everything shuts down - heck we finally just bought a shovel after 3 winters here). Anyhow, 2 of the dads shoveled our driveway and walk for Liam. SO NICE! I baked them cookies.

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