The Bangor Maine Police Department recently posted this heartwarming story, recounting two officer’s kind deed for a hungry stranger.
Throughout the past year, we have been recipients of many gift cards. I do not have the exact number, but I know there have been hundreds.
These gift cards are not for us. The cards have been given to us so that we can give them to folks that could use a warm meal or a cup of coffee and a little something to go along with it.
Kind people from all over our state and country have trusted us to see a need and reach into our gear bag to meet that need.
I wouldn’t call a five dollar gift card to McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts a life changing event. But, I defy you tell me that we cannot make one day just a little bit better.
Last night, Officer John Hermanson and Officer Jeremy Caron picked up a couple of local fellows that were cold (Bangor saw 9 below zero in some areas). The officers drove them to McDonalds to grab a meal.
John snapped the photo, but not for the reason that you might think. Hermanson said the men in the backseat got a real kick out of ordering at the drive-thru from the back of a cop car.
They laughed even harder when John pulled up to the window and they were able to take the bag of food by reaching out from the rear seat of the cop car. We think the Mickey Dees employee also got a kick out of it.
So, it’s not just the meal. It is the connection. It is a moment in time when four guys from different worlds can have a laugh and then have a story to share. A police cruiser becomes a conduit for kindness.
Four men, two gift cards, a laugh, and maybe a connection. Why don’t you put that on the news.
What are you doing this weekend? This is about you. Where are you and what are your plans? If I get roped into Christmas shopping today, I need something to read while I kill time on a mall bench. I am not much of shopper.
Last week we went well over two thousand comments. I read them all. We should shoot for three thousand comments. It really is up to you.
Keep your hands to yourself, leave other people’s things alone, and be kind to one another.
We will be here.
TC
God bless our law enforcement officers and Merry Christmas to all!
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