Dear Editor:
If you ever think that kindness has left humanity, you should have been standing at the end of our driveway on Dec. 27.
At 86 years of age, I still shovel our driveway, and am capable of doing so. But when the town snowplow comes around the corner, our driveway is left totally blocked with snow, that is sometimes waist high. This morning, however, it was not snow but chunks of ice that blocked the driveway. The only way for me to drive to my appointment was to lift the chunks of ice out of the way, which really was an impossible task for me.
At the height of my anxiety, a Select snow removal truck saw me and pulled over. The driver was a young man named Aiden. Obviously he could see the dilemma of an old man. I asked him if he could move the ice from the end of the driveway, and I would pay him anything. He said, “I will do better than that, I will shovel your whole driveway for you.”
When he finished, I asked how much it would cost. He simply said “Happy New Year” and, with a broad smile on his face, drove to his next job.
Yes, the act of kindness is alive and well in Fergus, and next year, when I will have my driveway plowed after every snowfall, which company do you think I will get?
And Aiden may the kindness you showed an old man today, be rewarded many times over in your life. You are my miracle of Christmas, and I will never forget you.
Mike Schertzer,
Fergus