Yesterday was another difficult day for The Little Family.
After her hospital visit, Tiger was still unsettled and having trouble with her little tummy, and noisy work in the garden meant sleep was even more hard to come by.
After a few hours of trying to settle her poor little girl, Cackle Mummy decided to try another tactic: walkies.
As we walked down our street - something that is usually done with apprehension as it has been a place of Danger for Tiger and Cackle Mummy in the past - a lady was getting out of her Big White Car.
The lady waved at Tiger and Cackle Mummy and introduced herself, saying she'd been meaning to say "hullo" for awhile, as she often saw The Little Family walking by.
The lady then asked if Tiger and Cackle Mummy might like some strawberries, freshly picked from a friend's garden.
Absolutely chuffed, Cackle Mummy said, "yes, please!"
"Don't take them with you now," the lady said. "You don't want to be carrying them with you while you walk. Pick them up on your way back through. I'll leave them on the verandah."
And so Tiger and Cackle Mummy continued their walk, down to the Tram Place, and had a little sit in the park (Tiger did not sleep at all, what with life being All Of The Exciting). We then toddled back to our street.
We stopped in at the house of the lady and saw that, on the verandah, there was not only the punnet of strawberries, but a bottle of water, a Christmas-wrapped parcel and a note.
The note told Cackle Mummy and Tiger that the house of the lady was a safe house, and if Tiger and Cackle Mummy ever needed to stop in and have a drink, or change a nappy, or just have a rest, they were very welcome.
Cackle Mummy knocked on the lady's door and told her that what she had done was the kindest thing Cackle Mummy had experienced in a long time.
When we got home, Tiger and I opened our present to find a lovely card, drawn by Tony Ross, and a CD of The Nutcracker Suite. "The little one will like the music," the lady had said.
Tiger and I sat on our back verandah in the sun, with our strawberries and our music and we thought about the lady and how a little kindness can make the world of difference.
Suddenly, the difficult day didn't seem so difficult after all.
Suddenly, it seemed utterly lovely.
~ Love, Miss Cackle x
3 comments:
Oh wow, what a beautiful act of kindness!
And I love the strawberry pic from one of my all time favourite books :)
What a lovely story. I wish the news papers would have a page or two dedicated everyday to stories such as this. It might turn out to become contagious.
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