Christmas in April

New handle that works!

So, last week Felipe came to look at the window.  It was a frustrating journey - it took far longer than it should have to get the company to respond to our request for service.  But he finally came (such a nice guy) and took the broken part and said he'd be in touch.  I did the thing I'm trying to do more of lately -asked myself this question:  "What's the very worst thing that can happen?"  There were several options and none of them was really life altering.  Inconvenient for sure, but truly nothing dire.  So I decided to just be patient and wait.

He showed up this morning with a part he was pretty sure would work.  Took all of five minutes to install and then he was headed out the door.  I said I would get my checkbook to write a check.  "What for?" was his response.  Nothing to pay for.  I insisted that someone needed to pay for the part and his time and he shook his head with a smile and said, "Merry Christmas." 

My heart is just overflowing.  We so rarely have that kind of tender mercy / blessing. We try to be independent and take care of things ourselves though that isn't always possible. He could easily have charged us, even over charged us.  But instead, he took the high road and did it with what felt like pleasure. 

I'm so grateful for the rare unexpected times when it actually feels like we matter.