Bus driver stops bus to check on crying child

[KatyaR]

14. A friend of mine would say, "that's what we're supposed to do."

After last year's horrible May tornadoes here in OKC, we were all just about wrung out trying to locate people, dealing with the aftermath, etc. It was hard, especially because children had died at school, somewhere that's supposed to be a safe place to be.

A few days before I had purchased an album online from a KC band, and in the PayPal payment I sent a little greeting, thinking that no one would ever see it. One of the guys from the band sent me back a reply--it was only 4 words, and it wasn't anything special, but it touched me so deeply that I cried for ages. He can't possibly know what it meant to me, but I will never forget it. It helped me deal with that sorrow and the raging anger I had about what had happened. When I finally got brave enough to tell someone about it a bit later, my friend said, "that's what we're supposed to do." It made me realize something else, too--words really do matter. What you think may be just an offhand comment can affect someone very deeply, whether it's a positive or negative reaction. We're really only here to support each other.

So when I hear about stories like this, I hear my friend saying, "that's what we're supposed to do." It's a nice reminder that we need to take care of each other.

Thanks for the story.