As we have gotten through for the most part another terrific snow storm with much difficulty we did survive.
But I think not without help from the many acts of kindness from strangers and good neighbors. I believe when things were at there very worst we were found to be at our very best.
There were many acts of kindness by neighbors and strangers as reported by those I had met.
I even met a man in a store a few blocks from my apartment in Glen Oaks Village who told me he braved the snow and walked to the store for a elderly neighbor who needed some food. I myself have bad knees due to bad arthritis and traveled to the store for my wife with my cane as an aid. I couldn’t walk in the street and walked on the sidewalk that was not yet cleared because it was too dangerous with cars, trucks and buses traveling to and fro.
As I was doing so a Glen Oaks worker who was shoveling the snow to clear a path with his co-worker saw I was having trouble told me to place my hand on his shoulder so I could step down to a clear portion of the sidewalk so I wouldn’t fall again.
For this I said thank you.
So for the many acts of kindness from neighbors and strangers a like, I say thank you for all you did in a most difficult situation and proved you are all good Samaritans in my book.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Glen Oaks Village
