.....To be.
Today I witnessed something so profound that it nearly shook me to my core. The simplest gesture that made our day instead of breaking it, but let me start at the very beginning.
Today I went to nashville for my neice's 6th birthday party, we were having it at a park that had the little covered picnic tables and whatnot. We set up all of the balloons and streamers and out of nowhere someone pulls up and asks us what we were doing. We all looked around at each other confused, but it turns out that my sister had never actually reserved the space (because we were already on a tight budget). The woman who asked us what we were doing proceeds to tell us that they had reserved the space for a large surprise party.
This is about the time that my sister began to cry. Yes, I know that a lack of venue isn't the end of the world, but seeing as how much she went through and how much she stressed over this party, crying is an understandable response. I, being the non confrontational introvert that I am began taking the balloons down when the woman who caused this chaos stopped us and said that they would be willing to share the space with us. I know I wouldn't want to have the guilt of ruining a 6 year old's birthday party on my shoulders. We expressed our deepest gratitude and continued with the party.
Another concern we had was that no one would would really show up to my nieces party because it was already an intimate affair (there were about 10 of us and no other children). Not only did the strangers let us stay at the venue they had booked but they also became our friends and even all 15 of the children in their party included my niece.
The gratitude didn't stop there. When it was time for my niece to open her presents, the original woman came over and watched and at the end gave my niece $10 and told her happy birthday. Words cannot express how grateful I am to this random family and in a world where kindness is scarce it is good to see people still have the capacity to care for others.
