Thank God for good neighbors
Published: September 12, 2006
You know it’s so nice and well heartwarming to have someone offer help or lend a hand just for no other reason than to be a good neighbor and friend. Someone who goes out of their way to maybe offer to take your trash when they’re going to the landfill or maybe offers you some produce from their garden. Maybe they come over and just ask how you’re doing or lend a hand when they see you’re having trouble with something. I hope you all have such a neighbor because I sure have a wonderful neighbor who does all of the above and then some.
His name is John Grigsby and I count myself lucky to be so blessed to live next door to him and his family. John’s always been a great guy but it dawned on me last night just how fortunate I was and what a good man he is.
Take last night for instance, John comes over and asks if I’d like to have two rows of corn from his garden that never really matured all the way to feed to our animals. I said sure that I’d get ready and be right over.
Folks by the time I got there he had cut down almost all of the corn and as I was parking the truck he was loading it up. By the time I left, I had some vegetables, a recipe for chili, and a “near bear” experience not to mention a much higher appreciation for John. He even tried to send me home with a new dog but I had to say no to something.
You could also take the time my sister next door had her little dog break loose and disappear. She and my nephew searched all over but could not find that dog. Well as it turns out John had heard a whimpering in the woods behind his house and when he went to investigate he found my sister’s lost dog all tangled up in the brush. Now he could’ve done several things at that point.
John could have left the dog and gone on his way. He could have turned it loose and not said anything. But that just isn’t John.
John untied the dog and returned it to my sister and my nephew had his dog back even though that little thing sure is funny looking. I swear it just has to have some otter in it somehow. Anyway like I said I feel very blessed to live next door to John and his family and I hope to continue to for many years to come.
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