she opened her home to him giving him a place to step out of the storms that were raging all around him
hers was a place of peace a respite from the turmoil his life had become she didn't offer him pity genuinely caring she made him the offer
I accepted her offer finally a ray of sunshine in a forever cloudy and foreboding sky
I had few possessions some clothes of course some personal items anything and everything that I held dear to me
having no luggage I folded everything neatly putting them in two black extra strong Hefty bags I knew they wouldn't break didn't need my things strewn on the street
I know when I showed up rang her front door bell I knew I made an impression she never admitted to me
that when she opened her door looking at my forlorn self with black Hefty bags in tow she silently cried her eyes out for me
but she wasn't going to show me the tears in her eyes instead she greeted me warmly told me to put my things down
offered me a hot meal for desert there'd be my choice of tea and some pie
humble beginnings I do admit that was many years ago and sometimes in my quiet time when I just think to myself it almost feels as if it were just yesterday
