Here’s one I hope everyone reads. 

I was sitting at my computer last Friday racking my brain for something to write about, preferably something good because it had been a rough week for our country. Well, I got a ping on my phone and because I wasn’t very focused, I decided to check out the text I had received. Friend Lois Willie had passed on to our Painting Group a Facebook video about some good news happening in Malad.

For those of you who haven’t seen this viral video Richard Broulim posted on Facebook, here’s a summary. He related what happened during the high school lunch rush at the Malad Boulim’s on Thursday. A lady with “a wad of cash in the top of her cart” was paying for each high school student’s lunch as they stepped to the register after getting what they wanted from the deli. She said she wanted to do some good in the world. That was an amazing sight, but the real showstopper came when a group of football players entered, got their food and moved to the register. There was one young man who was quite bashful about having this lady buy his lunch, but when she insisted, he allowed it. Then, as his friends exited the store, he quietly went over to the floral department, selected a dozen roses, paid for them and walked up to this generous woman, gave her a hug and said, “These are for you. Thank you.” He quickly left the store. Richard watched as this lady covered her face and cried, saying out loud, “I haven’t received flowers since my husband died.” 

Richard went out to the parking lot because he wanted to shake hands with this young man. He never mentioned his name, but said he wanted to meet his parents because he wanted to know, “How they did it.”

My first reaction was, “I want names. Who were these generous and thoughtful people?” But then, I decided I really didn’t want to know. I want to believe it could be every lady and every young man in this community because I want to believe Malad is that good. It’s a Good Life when you live in a good place.