To my friend Don Peed...

[Timmay]

Hey all, I had this co worker at the funeral home who passed away about 3 months ago.  He was a great person.  He was in his early 70's and had some health situations that finally took its toll on him.  He always had a joke for me when I would see him and he would always holler out TIMMAYYYYYYYYYY!  when he would see me.  He was always making comments about my wife ..saying he was going to take her out and show her what a real man was and blah blah blah.  I miss the ol fart.  He was really one of a kind.  After a while I would tell him well Im just gonna go pick up your wife some night and take her out on a date.  He would respond with ..Hell go ahead...get her out of my hair for a while...but....you gotta treat her for the princess that she is.  They were highschool sweethearts and were married for 52 years.  Great couple...and she was always dressed to the 9's.....in person she does remind you of a princess.  Well I just wanted to post this so that everyone will know....including DON PEED.......I TOOK YOUR WIFE OUT ON A DATE TONIGHT!.......
She has been struggling with the fact that he is gone and being it is winter time it has really kept her down and just doesnt know what to do with herself because her and Don were always together.  So I stopped in to see her the other day and she was just all in tears just struggling to make it thru the days.  I asked her if she would like to go out for dinner some night with my family.  She was over joyed that someone would do that.  So tonight....we made plans to go out for pizza at a favorite local pizza restaurant.  It wasnt until after we sat down that her eyes sorta teared up.  She proceeded to tell us that she hasnt been back to this place since Don passed away.  It really meant alot to her and brightened her spirits.  We enjoyed the evening reflecting on things and she really enjoyed my kids as she use to be a 1st grade school teacher.  Don...this is to you buddy......you were right....she is a Princess...may you rest in peace buddy!
Timmayyyyyyyyy!

[Tyler]

Great story Tim!  It's great that you took a couple hours out of your evening that will turn into several days of great thoughts for Don's wife.

[Mikekoz13]

TIMMJ.......... more than just a man in red and whites.

Great story Tim!

[warhawk]

tim....thanks 4 sharing that sly read.  what a way start my morning.

WARHAWK

[Paul]

What a thoughtful and caring thing to do Tim. Way to go.

[Spleener]

That's really sweet. I know she appreciated what you did more than she could possibly say.

[SLYinKC]

Tim, It's those simple acts of kindness that make life a little more bearable and usually we gain alot more than we give.

[wpruitt]

Tim; That is a great thing you did.

[JDog]

Tim that is an amazing and thoughtful thing for you do to for your old friend and for her. That simple thought of goodwill will mean the world to her. Well done buddy.

[Nick912]

Tim my friend that was a heartfelt thing to do! Sometimes we get caught up in our own lives and dont think of our fellow peeps. That makes me want to go to the VA hospital and talk to the old timers.

[champ007]

Timmj, its great to hear a act of kindness over all this crap going on everywhere in the world today.
If CNN would do more reports on the good things done by odinary people than just keep blasting the death toll in front of us every 10 minutes it might actually spread some of it around!
 

[Timmay]

I didnt post this up to get congratulated.  I posted it for other unknown reasons. 
And Nick..by all means go talk to those older people.  They have some of the most amazing stories.  Most of these true life stories will go untold..never to be heard of again.  I doubt it if any of these life experiences are ever written down by these folks.  Its a sad thing to think that all of that will soon be gone some day. 
We tend to think that the life we are living right now is going to have any effect on the future generations.  You just wait though...some day when we are all in our 80's or so....we will have those younger generation people coming up to us and asking us questions about when we were little....what are you going to tell them?  Maybe this is a time to start writing things down.  I know I do.  I have a journel I write in.  Some of it maybe just stuff that I deal with on an everyday basis...and others might just be stuff that is laying heavy on me and I write it to God.  Because one day....everything you have experienced in life will be gone.  Just a thought to ponder on ....just be prepared is all I can suggest.

Timmay!

[PigPen]

Awesome Timm

[RodgerDodger]

People don't realize how a small act of kindness is greatly appreciated.
Tim, that was so kind and thoughtful. You're the man! 

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Tim, It's those simple acts of kindness that make life a little more bearable and usually we gain alot more than we give.

The "take away" from your post Tim is great.  As we get past our 30's and 40's the fact of life is that everyone has friends who have lost their spouse or significant other to accident or disease.  Because our society seems to go in pairs, these folks often get forgotten in the activities they enjoyed w/ their lost loves.  You've reminded us how important it is and will be to include all these people--and regretably it happens with increasing frequency as we get older, thanks.