I have been the visiting teacher for Nicole Fillmore. She is a lady in our ward who has struggled with addiction and I actually have known her through work. I have never seen her at church although her mother did come a time or two last year when she lived with Nicole.
Through work I've been able to develop a friendship and kind of keep an eye on her.
Last fall she was in an accident where a large barrel hit her and damaged disks in her back. She is unable to stand upright now. She has also lost a lot of weight.
Nicole has a big beautiful yard. As I visited with her I asked her several times if I could help by getting her a food order or doing yard work or taking her shopping (she doesn't have a driver license right now). She repeatedly turned me down.
Recently I asked again (for about the 4th time) and she said yes, she could use some help. She said she had what we needed so we planned to go over (Holly, the twins and myself) and get the yard done in about an hour.
Saturday morning she texted that her spark plug wasn't working on her mower but she was buying another one.
We arrive and she had purchased the wrong spark plug and we were unable to get the mower working.
We had edger and blower and so the girls got busy right away clearing leaves and debris from the winter while I tried to figure out what to do about a mower.
I called Dallas and he agreed to come over. He confirmed the wrong spark plug and went over to our house to get our mower. He could have just left it but sweet boy that he is he got the mower out and went right to work mowing the back and front yard.
Meanwhile I had seen the Taylor's and they lent me their mower and I did the side yard.
Our project ended up taking about an hour and a half but the yard looked beautiful when we were done.
I feel so blessed to have good people in my life who step up and help without hesitation.
Toward the end of our project everyone was done but I wasn't quite finished. Dallas was worried for my safety and didn't want to leave me there alone so he patiently sat and waited while I finished to make sure that I left without incident.
Through work I've been able to develop a friendship and kind of keep an eye on her.
Last fall she was in an accident where a large barrel hit her and damaged disks in her back. She is unable to stand upright now. She has also lost a lot of weight.
Nicole has a big beautiful yard. As I visited with her I asked her several times if I could help by getting her a food order or doing yard work or taking her shopping (she doesn't have a driver license right now). She repeatedly turned me down.
Recently I asked again (for about the 4th time) and she said yes, she could use some help. She said she had what we needed so we planned to go over (Holly, the twins and myself) and get the yard done in about an hour.
Saturday morning she texted that her spark plug wasn't working on her mower but she was buying another one.
We arrive and she had purchased the wrong spark plug and we were unable to get the mower working.
We had edger and blower and so the girls got busy right away clearing leaves and debris from the winter while I tried to figure out what to do about a mower.
I called Dallas and he agreed to come over. He confirmed the wrong spark plug and went over to our house to get our mower. He could have just left it but sweet boy that he is he got the mower out and went right to work mowing the back and front yard.
Meanwhile I had seen the Taylor's and they lent me their mower and I did the side yard.
Our project ended up taking about an hour and a half but the yard looked beautiful when we were done.
I feel so blessed to have good people in my life who step up and help without hesitation.
Toward the end of our project everyone was done but I wasn't quite finished. Dallas was worried for my safety and didn't want to leave me there alone so he patiently sat and waited while I finished to make sure that I left without incident.
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