Many years ago I passed up an opportunity to say something nice to an elderly woman as I walked to my car after church with two small kids in tow. The newborn and toddler were hungry and I needed to go home. I saw the woman standing up by the front door of the church and I wanted to go back to her and show her the new baby. But I didn't. I thought that I would have the time to do that on the following Sunday. That never happened. I never saw her again. I was so upset when I heard she had passed away and I was very upset with myself for not taking the time to do what I knew in my heart I should have done. I made a promise right then and there that I was not going to let another kind word go unsaid. I have commented to clerks and tellers about the perfect color of shirt or blouse that they were wearing. I once told a daddy at WD World (who was minding his toddler daughter while mama was enjoying a roller coaster ride) that he was the perfect daddy and his love for his daughter (and caring for his wife) just glowed from within. There are a number of times that I have just stopped what I was doing and taken the time to "say something" to someone and it has made all the difference to me and to the person that I am speaking with. I just HAVE to say something. That is the promise I made to myself a long time ago. It is a promise I keep.
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