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Ennis says: " I wasn't no angel like you & Jenny..."

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Marge_Innavera:
I've had so many "earth angels" come to my rescue over the years, I'm convinced there must be someone out there looking after my butt full-time! Those incidents include dropping my billfold on a street in New York City and someone picking it up and running to catch up to me and return it. Seen a few dropped jaws when I've related that one.

But the strangest incident was many years ago, when I'd taken the Greyhound bus from Atlanta to Jacksonville (FLA) for the day to attend a concert. I discovered on getting there that the map I had wasn't at all adequate. Tried asking a policeman for directions and he said he'd be glad to drive me there if I'd "make it worth his while" in the back seat. Ugh.

So I decided to walk, and ask directions along the way. After going several blocks I stopped into a little newstand place to see if I was going in the right direction. While I was talking to the clerk, a guy in military fatigues came out of the back room and said "you'll have to go through some rough neighborhoods to get there, I'll walk with you."  And he did. We went about 10 blocks, got to the stadium where the concert was, and he said "have a good time, take a cab back to the bus station" and left. He wouldn't take any payment, didn't give me his name and I never saw him again.

I've had that kind of thing happen so often over the years. Sometimes it's a friend who appears just at the right time and place but more often it's the kindness of strangers that I meet only once. Built up some medium-good karma, maybe.

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