“True
charity is anonymous” – I vividly remember this quote of Major Charles Emerson
Winchester III- in a poignant episode from the old MASH TV series.
It’s
one thing to remember it and another to live it, to embody it, to do it. A nicely written article by Quan Truong in today’s Chicago Tribune
tells of somebody, some amazing “secret pal who has deftly and secretly given
numerous gifts to a young child with GBM and his family. These two paragraphs tell you everything you
need to know:
“Over
14 months, Dylan's secret pal sent more than a dozen packages for the boy and,
often, for his three siblings and parents. They frequently appeared after
Dylan's “really bad days” and tough chemotherapy treatments, Laurie Full said.
Packages
would show up outside the front door, sometimes arriving when the family was at
home, but never with any trace of the source's identity, other than the
signature 'Dylan's Secret Pal.'"
If
this thought makes you smile, makes your heart beat a bit faster or makes you
want to learn more, click on this link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/wheaton/chi-wheaton-secret-gifts-20140227,0,5617729.story
If
not, as I have said in the past, quickly check yourself into an emergency room
because your ticker has stopped ticking.
John
PS
– Be sure to click on the link to the Tribune’s
video about Dylin and his Mom.
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