It's the little things that warm your heart
I'm sending out virtual valentines to two people I have never met today.
The first goes to someone at The Well. It's a local shelter for homeless women. spikesgirl58 suggested I make a donation to a charity following an incident a couple of weeks ago. I did, and got back a lovely card with a hand-written note thanking me for my donation and assuring me that it would help support local women with medical, housing, job training and other assistance. I owe a valentines shout out to Spikesgirl too for giving me the idea. Thank you!
The second is for someone even more anonymous. I have a winter hat that I adore. Just yesterday, I was thinking about how long I have been wearing it (about a decade) and that it still makes me happy. It is knit in all the primary colours, with red being the most dominant. It has ear flaps and braided ties with colourful tassels at the end. Yesterday, on the way home, I noticed that one of the tassels had fallen off. I retraced my steps without success. I even spent time last night figuring out what colours of yarn I had, and how much I needed of each colour, to make a replacement tassel that would be a reasonable match. This morning, as I walked to work, there was my tassel, carefully placed on top of a snowbank! It must have been covered and then turned up by the sidewalk plough overnight or early this morning. It's a little worse for wear, but totally salvageable. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness anonymous person. :)
The first goes to someone at The Well. It's a local shelter for homeless women. spikesgirl58 suggested I make a donation to a charity following an incident a couple of weeks ago. I did, and got back a lovely card with a hand-written note thanking me for my donation and assuring me that it would help support local women with medical, housing, job training and other assistance. I owe a valentines shout out to Spikesgirl too for giving me the idea. Thank you!
The second is for someone even more anonymous. I have a winter hat that I adore. Just yesterday, I was thinking about how long I have been wearing it (about a decade) and that it still makes me happy. It is knit in all the primary colours, with red being the most dominant. It has ear flaps and braided ties with colourful tassels at the end. Yesterday, on the way home, I noticed that one of the tassels had fallen off. I retraced my steps without success. I even spent time last night figuring out what colours of yarn I had, and how much I needed of each colour, to make a replacement tassel that would be a reasonable match. This morning, as I walked to work, there was my tassel, carefully placed on top of a snowbank! It must have been covered and then turned up by the sidewalk plough overnight or early this morning. It's a little worse for wear, but totally salvageable. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness anonymous person. :)