The kindness of strangers

I have no idea how this popped into my head, but I wanted to share something with you.

Several years ago, when my mother got sick you may remember she was in and out of the hospital a lot and I stayed with her during those times.

Things got a might hairy for me as I lived at the hospital at night (and hoo boy, if something weird was going to happen, it sure happened then), worked during the day and took care of my family in the evenings.

I actually thought I was doing well until the night I thought the car radio was talking to me.

Anyway, when it became apparent that I may have been coming a tad unglued, I got an anonymous e-mail. Someone, I never did find out who it was, e-mailed me and said he/she was “ready to talk” about anything I wanted.

So, I did.

A lot. Which is totally unlike me to open up like that. We exchanged several e-mails, and with that he/she was gone.

My point is that when you’re not sure if you should reach out to someone who’s going through a rough time because you don’t know what to say, do it anyway. You’ll never know how much it could help someone.