To Be Like Angels
I stopped at Berryville, Arkansas on the way to Eureka Springs to grab a quick
lunch and while there I noticed a lady wearing a pink blouse and with little
hair. I assumed she was undergoing chemo treatment. She was talking loudly and
seemed in good spirits but to me it was a thin shield.
My wife and I had finished eating about the time she had finished eating and for
whatever reason I had this overwhelming urge to give this stranger a hug.
Perhaps it was because my previous wife had passed on from cancer and I
understood the warrior in this lady and the battle being waged. I walked over
and gave her a strong hug and immediately she started to tear up.
She thanked me and turned to her friend and started to talk to her friend… did
you see that, a total stranger…just walked up to me and hugged me, how sweet…and
other kind things. My wife and I were soon out of hearing range and the moment
was gone.
This episode made me think, how many times can we take a moment out of our life
and just pass a small blessing on? Make someone else's day a bit brighter. How
many times have we been down and needed a hug, a kind word? So start today.
BJ Cassady
bj.cassady@af-group.com
Caldwell, Kansas
Guthrie, Oklahoma