Yesterday, my fabulous husband decided to start dinner, which was super sweet because I was out for the afternoon. I cam home and found him and the Sun Oven out in the Garden, cooking away. Since the chicken was only at 80 degrees F, we decided to turn it and come back in a while.
The thing was, when Justin went out to check the chicken, it was gone, along with our garden potatoes, thermometer and Sun Oven. Someone stole the whole show.
Justin came in to tell me - and if you know how much stuff we’ve had stolen, you could understand - he was defeated. Neither of us could believe it. We decided to go for a walk and see if we could find it, maybe someone just tossed into the bushes. Nope.
We did find some homeless people under the bridge though, and asked them to please let us know if they see anyone with it, or get it back if it was in their power at all. We decided to finish the trail under the Burrard bridge and head to GI to get another chicken. Then, the most amazing thing happened.
One of the guys that was under the bridge, cycled up to us and tossed a 20 at Justin. He told us to go buy ourselves some dinner and that it is wrong to steal someones food. If he could, he would find it and bring it back to us. And no, he would not take the twenty back. Then he zoomed off.
I burst into tears. Someone with apparently so little, and sadly the last person I would expect, just gave us something that we lost a long time ago - a sense of greater community outside of our friends.
I have no doubt that he will find the Sun Oven and bring it back - hopefully he will except a hot meal in return.
Trinity
November 28, 2008 | 10:37 pm1
What great timing for something like that to happen. It is good to hear stories of unexpected generosity.
Thanks for your comment on my blog and for the websites you linked to in your comment. The Story of Stuff looks interesting. I have also been thinking about the paradigm shift you mentioned. If I can come to a place where I solidify my thoughts a little more, I think I will post about that aspect as well. There are definitely some ways in which all of my current limitations are freeing.