nice people...
i've been impacted by some very nice people within the last few days...no, not people i already knew, though i know lots of them, but people i didn't know that touched my life...
1st--we bought a combine yesterday. yes, i stayed home from work so i could have a day to grieve and see conrad since he's been working a lot. we went and bought a combine. fun stuff. anyway...the guy we talked to about it (conrad had already done the homework, etc., so we were "sealing the deal") was sooooo nice. i left telling conrad that if the world had more people like john in the world, it would be a better place. he was excited to meet me and made me feel special. he said to conrad, "congratulations on a great marriage." he was very encouraging to conrad, telling him how smart he was in farming, how incredible it was for him to play college b-ball, etc., etc. yes, you may be thinking, well, yeah, you just paid him thousands of dollars, of course he's gonna be nice, but it wasn't like that at all. totally genuine. absolutely real. this is the kind of person i want to be. not that i don't try and be genuine, but that i look for, identify, and voice those things in others that are there, even if i may have to dig deep for some. he was so respectful of every person that was brought up in conversation that he and conrad mutually knew. i'm sitting here thinking when can we hang out with john again?! :)
2nd--i went to pick up a spray for the casket of my client this morning. we ordered it from L.D.'s. we had limited funds (pretty much what she had saved up at our Center) and he worked with us. they brought out the arrangement and i was instantly choked up...it was absolutely GORGEOUS!!! 2 star-gazer lillies, 2 orchids, roses, freesia, daisies, greenery, etc. my client would have LOVED these flowers. i can see her reaction now. he gave us a deal and said, "no person should have to leave the world without flowers." he said he threw in some extra roses, he called them old roses, but basically they were just already bloomed, and were pretty to me. i'm glad there are people in the world like L.D. who are willing to work with friends of a wonderful lady who had no family/money to give her a beautiful arrangement for her funeral.
3rd--because my client was a ward of the state, cremation was the plan. however, the funeral director in malad knew people who worked with my client and when he heard this, he donated a casket and a burial plot, as well as let us have the service in the chapel at his funeral home. he was so kind today as we arrived to pay our respects to this dear woman. he was personable as he directed the program and very humble. what a blessing!! my client would have been honored that so many people worked together to bless her. i'm sure Jesus let her peek down for a second and let her watch:)