AN ACT OF LOVE
Our next door neighbour recently shared this story with us. Janet is a very active, thoughtful and observant widow in her mid 80's.
One cold grey morning last week I was waiting at a bus stop as the chilly wind whistled down Lygon Street. As I shivered, an ample African woman in layers of multicoloured clothes put her arm around me and sheltered us both with her shawl. When the bus came, I climbed in, warmed both physically and metaphorically by this act of kindness from a newer Australian than I. I shall probably never see her again, but the memory will last.
Janet Horn, 2010
One cold grey morning last week I was waiting at a bus stop as the chilly wind whistled down Lygon Street. As I shivered, an ample African woman in layers of multicoloured clothes put her arm around me and sheltered us both with her shawl. When the bus came, I climbed in, warmed both physically and metaphorically by this act of kindness from a newer Australian than I. I shall probably never see her again, but the memory will last.
Janet Horn, 2010
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