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On Nov. 14, I had a yard sale at my mother’s house.

Two ladies were looking at some clothes that were mine. One pulled me aside to show me what she had found in my shirt pocket.

To my surprise, it was $150!

I have not been in the closet where that shirt was for years, but since I was a child I have always hidden things from myself.

I thanked her for the great act of kindness that she showed me. I told her to hold on, and I came back to her with some money. I told her that her yard-sale items would be on me.

She hugged me and thanked me. I thanked her because I did need it. Had it been someone else, who knows if I would have gotten anything at all.

–– Laura Badgett, Greensboro

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My daughter took me to Lowes Home Improvement with my old floor lamp that I had tried to repair.

I intended to return the part that didn’t seem to work.

The young fellow, Brian, at the return desk was trying to remove the part that I thought must have been defective when a nice man named John Porter came up to make a return.

Seeing what was happening, he looked at the connections and immediately decided that I was the defective one. He borrowed a screwdriver from Brian and correctly rewired the part.

After Brian supplied a bulb and John plugged it in a nearby wall outlet, the lamp worked just fine.

Kudos and many thanks to John’s kind help and expertise. I know that his wife won’t mind that this old 84-year-old gave her angel in disguise a big hug.

As it turned out, John is friends with another angel, Buddy Cato, a member of the Gate City Masonic Lodge, which sends members to help us with little odd jobs here at Whitestone.

Very often, Buddy has helped me try to understand how to use my computer.

While here, I must thank one of my good neighbors, Harvey Boyette, for bringing everyone’s paper to our doors.

Much love and appreciation to these thoughtful folks.

–– Skeet Debnam, Greensboro