A woman brings milk to her elderly neighbor daily, and one morning, while dropping off the milk packet, she discovers a letter addressed to her. When she reads it, she is puzzled and in tears because it is loaded with anger directed at her.
Shirley Harrington was your typical hardworking American mom who had recently moved to a new neighborhood due to a job transfer. She had a lovely family, including a daughter and a husband who adored her as much as she loved them.
A week after Shirley moved to her new house, she was very eager to meet her new neighbors. One weekend, she prepared some cookies and went to see her first neighbor, an elderly lady named Evelyn, who lived next door.
Evelyn took her time answering the door since she was old and bent and walked with a cane. When Shirley introduced herself and gave her the cookies, the older woman’s face lit up. “Oh, you’re such a sweetheart!” she exclaimed with a smile. “Please come in!”
Shirley and Evelyn had a lovely chit-chat session over tea on their first meeting. | Source: Pexels
As Shirley entered the house, she noticed Evelyn had difficulty moving around. The older woman could barely lift the tea kettle by herself, so Shirley helped her in making tea, and when they were done, they had tea and cookies together.
“Your house is beautiful, Evelyn,” Shirley said as she glanced around Evelyn’s small living room, which had a wall lined with beautiful photos of a much younger Evelyn. “Do you mind if I ask who these people in the picture with you are?” she asked, gesturing to a wall picture.
“Oh, they are my husband and daughter, darling,” Evelyn explained. “After my loving husband died and my daughter moved out, it’s just this old bird living alone in the house. You see, I can barely do anything by myself. It would be nice if my daughter visited me sometimes….”
During their tea chat, Shiley realized Evelyn needed help around the house as well as with her grumpy cat, Milly. Evelyn mentioned that her knees were bothering her, so she couldn’t get milk for Milly and groceries for herself regularly.
Out of concern, Shirley offered to buy her milk every day and help her around the house on weekends. The older woman was in tears and deeply grateful to Shirley for that.
Shirley got milk for Evelyn everyday. | Source:...
