Angels I've Met

 

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May 8, 2022

 

Dear Family & Friends,

 

Sorry I didn’t write last week.  Sometimes it’s difficult to think of anything new or interesting to write about. But when I saw two angels building a ramp so that my friend Margaret could get in and out of her house with her wheelchair, I knew I had to tell you.  No, they didn’t have wings.  But one of them drove a jaguar!  These “angels” were two retired men who volunteer for an organization that helps senior citizens--for free!  They were senior citizens themselves, but that didn’t stop them!  Well, I’m no good at pounding nails, but I understand their motivation.  

 

Angels did this!

I work with young people every day who willingly give up large chunks of their young lives to serve others and teach people about Jesus.  At an age when most young people are focusing on themselves, these young missionaries are thinking of others.

 

And speaking of charitable acts, here’s something we can all do without even getting out of our chairs.  Jean B Bingham said, “The greatest form of charity may be to withhold judgment.”  

 

The most charitable person that I know is my sweet step-mother, Jean Manwaring.  It’s not that she is always cooking and making quilts for others--which she does a lot!  It’s not even that she knows the names of all her and my dad’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.  It’s what she doesn’t do--she never has an unkind word to say about anyone.

 

Happy Mother’s Day to all the women I know and love,

 

Sister Manwaring

True words written here


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