Getting to snow your neighbors

President Street

The last couple of weeks brought a host of weather-related problems. As is often the case, when the going gets tough, people pitch in to help their friends and neighbors, as well as strangers who just happen to cross their path.

Roaming around the Village the past few days, I was encouraged by the random acts of kindness and consideration. Just to give you a few examples:

-helping neighbors shovel snow

-delivering food to shut-ins

-clearing a long path for dog walkers

-pushing cars out of snow drifts

-courtesy on the roads

-offering coffee to the snow removal crews

-offering rides to stores and churches

-cleaning the walks in front of downtown shops

-clearing the snow away from fireplugs

-helping someone who slipped on the ice

Hopefully, you have your own experiences from the last couple of weeks that could be added to the list of people “caught” doing good things. Individually these are not big things - just little things that needed to be done. Collectively, I think it says something about the spirit of the Village and the sense that we share a responsibility to do what we can, when we can.

Even with the snow, it was a nice time to be in the Village.

A. Reader