Pay It Forward: Some days someone comes along to help us during a time of need. Some times we get the honor of bestowing that gift to someone else. Who paid it forward for you? Who did you pay it forward for? How can you pay in forward in 2013?
A good family friend really paid it forward for us this August. She gave me several rides to and from work when our van was in the shop. Those rides meant the difference between our financial life or death — I don’t know that I could have maintained employment if she hadn’t been one of the biggest helpers. She really paid it forward, and she deserves an award.
I didn’t necessarily pay it forward to anyone this year — my husband helped a family on the side of the road and a friend in need, but I don’t recall any situation in which I helped someone to such an extent. Next year, I hope I can say differently. I’d like to brighten someone else’s day by taking a great burden off their shoulders. It feels so warm and comforting when someone else does that for me and my family.
