It had to be one of the coldest day of the year in January, my lights were being shut off as well as my gas. I think I asked every family member I could find and they all said no or something like get a real job. My family did not believe in helping one another ,the only bragged about what each had and what it cost etc......A neighbor of mines called me over her house for some coffee, mind you I did not know her very well but as we sat in her kitchen I started to cried and she reached over to me and asked me what was happening in my life to be so sad. I told her the exact story I told you. My neighbor hugged me and told me that since she was a senior citizen that are money was limited. So she sent me home feleling as bad as when I came to visit. That night I cried myself to sleep and in the morning I had the worst headache I ever had.I mopped around the house all that day. I did not anwer my phone at all fearing the bill collectors. Suddenly it sounded as though someone was laying on my door bell because who ever it was did not let up off of it until i came to see who it was. My next door neighbor came to my house with some other people who had donated money to pay my light and gas and some money for food because there was going to be a snow storm and they were sure that the money would come in handy.This happened in Jan. of 2008, and I have in many way donated my time to those elderly neighbors. Oh I still owe the same utility companies and I am still at the same poor paying job, but for one month god had sent me a piece of blessing that has inspired me to try to help myself the best way I could.
