Speakout

Kindness – Pass it on

After a horrible weekend, I went shopping at the Dollar Tree where currently all items are $1. Standing in the checkout lane to pay for the items in my cart, the woman behind pointed out to the cashier she had not rung up my candy bar. Since I was ready to leave, I just told her to just forget it and she put it back. The lady behind me, no I don’t know her name, told the cashier to ring up the candy bar along with the items she was purchasing and to hand the candy bar to me. I was shocked and surprised and so pleased a stranger had done this for me. I thanked her, took the candy bar and gave her a hug and another thank you. I had had a bad week where a motorist in Sikeston, where I have lived for many years, ran a red light and hit me in my car. I reminded myself there are really good people who live here. To the lady who bought me a candy bar, again a big thank you for your kindness you showed to someone you did not know.

Kindness – Above and beyond

During the summer, just past dark, a package was delivered to my house. The person who delivered the package left it on my front door and also left the gate to my fenced in yard ajar. When I let my miniature Schnauzer out in the yard, he, of course, found it right away and went out the gate and was in my neighbor’s yard where a car had stopped. The man had him by the collar and I saw this and even in the darkness I recognized my little dog’s silhouette and yelled “he’s mine, hold him for me” and they did. The couple said they saw a little dog and stopped him and saw the tag and knew he belonged to someone who loved him. He even offered to carry him home for me but I had brought his leash. I thanked him and his wife profusely for saving my little dog. If they had not, I might have lost him. It would have been horrific for him and me. He was a rescue dog and lived in the streets of Memphis for possibly three years. Now I have the honor of caring for and loving him – my own little dandelion.

Thanks for the paper

I just want to thank you guys for delivering your paper over at Morehouse and this area. We really like the savings and ads and everything. We just want to thank you very much for continuing the newspaper in Morehouse. Thank you so much.