The Piedmont Shopper letter from the lady whose tire Kevin changed. :)

About a month or so ago, Kevin dropped me off at school like he normally does on the mornings he doesn’t work (so we can spend just a few more minutes together…aww…), and before he got down Central Blvd. a bit, he’d passed a minivan with a Sacred Heart School (our church’s school) sticker on it and a lady sitting by herself inside it.

He couldn’t just let that lady sit there, he said, and no one else was stopping. So he made his way around a few cloverleafs and pulled in behind her. The tire was busted, so he offered to change it and wouldn’t accept any money for doing so. His good deed for the day…

Well, he hadn’t gone a fraction of a mile before he noticed another vehicle stopped on the other side of the street, its tire blown, as well. An older lady was in this one, and nobody was stopping. Well, what do you think he did? Yep, he pulled around again and changed her tire too!

He told me later (when he called to let me know what had happened, so I wouldn’t worry in case anyone told me they’d seen our van on the side of the road…aww…) that he thought he might have to get mean with this lady because she didn’t want to take “no” for an answer in the giving-him-money-for-his-time-and-all department. But she finally did. And, on a side note that proves the title of this post even further, Kevin asked me not to tell anyone about this when he called. He said he didn’t do it for the fame. I, of course, told him I couldn’t agree to that. ;)

Okay, so flash forward a few weeks. Donna, a science teacher at my school posted on my Facebook wall, wanting to know if my husband was the one the lady had written the letter about. I had no idea what this was about, so Donna posted a link to the local Piedmont Shopper and told me what page to look on. There it was: A Kind Deed. :)

Here’s the text, in case for some reason you can’t read the image:

A Kind Deed

Recently, as I was returning home, a tire blew out just as I was leaving Riverside Drive and entering 86 S. I sat there for 10-15 minutes attempting to reach someone (by phone) to assist me. Many cars just zoomed past me.

Then a nice young man stopped and asked if he could help me. He changed the tire and absolutely refused to accept any money stating that he would not be a Christian if he had passed me by knowing that he could help.

Thank you, Kevin Hawke [sp fix], for your kind deed. There should be more like you.

Bobbi Renn

Thank you, Mrs. Renn, for taking the time to share this story with everyone who reads it. I pray that it will inspire others to spread kindness wherever and whenever they can. :)