Photo courtesy of Jill Everette.
0214 Snow Day Everette
Meg Sims and John Burke help push Rex Everette home from Brookwood Forest Elementary.
Village Living is collecting snow day acts of kindness as well as snow "play" photos from this week for the next issue. Email yours to madoline@280living.com to be included.
My son Rex had surgery on his leg last Thursday and was unable to walk. After the roads were blocked from accidents, there was no way to get to the school except by foot. My sweet neighbors and friends walked to the school and back and pushed my son up and down the hills from Brookwood Forest Elementary to our house.
My neighbors John Burke and Meg Sims went above and beyond and made sure that my four children, including Rex, got home safe and sound. Sometimes does take a village, especially one filled with compassionate individuals, to get us through the sometimes unexpected situations life presents.
-Jill Everette
One of my favorite moments that I witnessed during the chaos was by a man named Tom Adams, who lives in English Village. A crowd had gathered in Cafe Iz getting coffee and food and trying to help people as they flooded in from the downtown area. There were many people who had no where to go, knew no one, and were trying to figure where to stay the night as it was quickly getting colder and dark. There was even one lost traveler who had flown in from Chicago, just for the day, for a medical conference, which was cancelled along with all his flights out.
This lost traveler had merged, without a choice, into the traffic that landed him in English Village. He was at a loss for what to do or even where he was. Then out of the crowd a strong voice was heard that said, "Anyone, anyone is welcome in my home. We have more than enough room for all who need a place to stay."
That voice came from Tom Adams, a gracious man who never once wavered on his bold word, welcome! He left Cafe Iz with a group of people in need including the lost traveler. As they left, I thought to myself, I just witnessed and heard the voice of Jesus coming through one of His Godly warriors.
-Beth McMillan
