Reading my recent emails, I found a letter from Barb Deming with a positive comment about our Brockport Community. I copy it here slightly edited for publication with permission from Barb. Sandy’s last name is deleted for privacy.
Sandy tripped and fell on Brockport’s West Avenue sidewalk Thursday morning, August 27, leading to significant injuries. Some extraordinary acts of kindness followed her fall. This is especially remarkable during these difficult times. Four people stopped their cars to help her, all staying until the ambulance arrived. One of the women had her young seven-year-old daughter with her. The young girl thought Sandy needed a blanket and wrapped her up in her special fleece. When Sandy arrived home from the hospital on Friday, she found a lovely little bouquet of sunflowers at her door and a carefully printed note, signed Lila. Sandy assumes Lila is the blanket-giving girl since Sandy shared her name and address with the mother.
Sandy very much wants to let Lila know how dear her kindness has been. Without a last name, she hopes this public letter of thanks will reach her.
To my dear new seven-year-old friend, Lila,
Thank you and your mother who stopped and stayed with me as I lay on the sidewalk having tripped and fallen, hitting my face and knee, rearranging a few spots around my eye and chin, and fracturing my kneecap. Thank you also for asking your mother to bring a blanket from the car to put over me.
I want you to know that I continued to be well looked after, first at Brockport Emergency and at another hospital where I stayed overnight till the late afternoon when my daughter picked me up and brought me home.
It was then that we discovered your beautiful bouquet of sunflowers which are now sitting on my table along with the portrait you drew of me and you – I love both!
With my thanks and love,
Your newest 84-year-old friend, Sandy
P.S. I would also like to thank the women in other cars who stopped, called the ambulance, and offered tissues until it arrived. And, two incredibly gifted and caring Brockport doctors who are still working on me.
Aren’t we all so fortunate to live in a beautiful, small town overflowing with a caring, loving population!
