a true story ... about the kindness of strangers ...

my mom had some cancerous tissue removed in the summer.  she had to fly from her small town to the big city for an appointment with cancercare doctors.   as fate would have it, there was a snow squall in her area, and the plane was over 2 hours late.  i phoned the clinic to inform them.  they were so kind and told me not to worry, to drive safely, get there when we could and they would juggle the other appointments around.  when the plane finally did land, we were 2 women on a mission, walking as quickly as an 80 year old and 60 year old could go!  as we headed out of the airport, a young man ran up to us and said:  "excuse me, but my wife over heard you talking to cancercare and i wonder if you wouldn't mind if i prayed for you?" ... WOW!  talk about surprised!  i thought he wanted a ride or something!!    LOL ...  we said, of course, please do.  we are believers too ... so this total stranger, put his arms around us and prayed the sweetest, most sincere prayer ... for mom's healing, for peace to be with us during the day ... and for wisdom for the people we encounter at the clinic ... IN JESUS name ... we said AMEN!

we didn't exchange names ...  we will always remember them as 2 lovely young people ... we did, however, exchange hugs ... then off we went ...

the rest of the day went by quickly and the people we met at the clinic were very very kind.  the internist who spent the most time with us, was a Muslim woman - she even had a veil across her face.  she did lower the veil when she was with us in the room (since we were all women).  she was most understanding with mom and took lots of notes and explained things very well.

at the end of the day, the treatment that was agreed upon for mom - was what she wanted and also least evasive ...

but the chance meeting at the airport, is what has sweetly lingered with both mom and i all week ...

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Hebrews 13:2