It's the little things

I am often humbled by the kindness of others. Yesterday was one such example.

We had a leak in our downstairs toilet (Joy!) and so called our friend who also has a handyman business. He came over and fixed it much faster and much better than we could for a small fee. While he was here Marshall was busy mowing and weeding the lawn. He noticed that our yard hadn't been edged in a long time. Yes, at one time we had a trimmer, but it met an untimely death because my husband has a real curse involving trimmers. So when this man came back with the parts to fix our toilet, he also brought his trimmer for my husband to use. The guys discovered what we really needed was an edger because the grass had grown so far over the sidewalk that it was hard to trim. He told my husband he had a broken one at home and if he could get it going he'd be back. He then fixed the toilet and went on his way.

Meanwhile we took the kids to the cemetery for our Memorial Day traditional flower laying. When we arrived home we found this kind brother edging our yard with his now fixed edger. He stayed and did the whole yard. Our walkways and everything look amazing. Our yard looks so nice now that the grass isn't growing over the sidewalks and curb.

Now to this man maybe it wasn't a huge sacrifice to spend some time working on our yard, but he didn't have to do it at all. He did it because he's a good person and wanted to help out. But it was a big deal to me. That grass has been bugging me forever. And I was touched by the kindness he showed to us. Something little that meant a lot.