Today I got a belated Valentine's gift.  It was a police / detective set.  I have a friend named Coral who faithfully sends me a birthday card addressed to Sherlock Holmes. No matter what every December I can look in my mailbox at FCC and lo an behold there is her card.  Coral always delivers.  Whenever I see her she has her pat response to "How are you" which is "Good and Ornery". 

I had been working on a software issue with Adobe and had them on the line when I saw Coral today.  I told her that I was on the line with someone but I could tell that she was going to burst if she couldn't give me my gift.  So, asked the Adobe rep to hold and then Coral gave me her present and I was soooo happy.  Here is someone who has so little but her heart is so big.  I felt so loved. 

Every Wednesday fot the past 4 years I have seen Coral helping in whatever capacity she can at First Christian Church.  While I am working on a PC or installing software she is there folding letters or doing whatever needs done and every December I have a card from her to look forward to on my birthday.

So, when we think about the Internet being down or not able to pull a report I challenge you to think about what matters most.  The smile of a child, the embrace of a loved one, the small gift of a friend.  So practice kindness and charity, share a kind word or deed today.