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   Gail De"Paola on December 16, 2012 at 9:13 AM

   Helped me put groceries in trunk of my car and put my carriage away

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     Ray DePaola on December 24, 2012 at 9:41 PM

     I love that. So simply “the kindness of strangers.”

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   Ray DePaola on December 24, 2012 at 9:49 PM

   A waitress, who is Albanian, explained that when her father died, the Albanians here (whom she didn’t really know) offered her any support she needed. She said it was a great comfort during her loss.

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   Ray DePaola on December 24, 2012 at 9:55 PM

   I’ve received a lot of generosity while hiking–food, hitching a ride, sometimes even just a point in the right direction.

   Most memorable, though, was during a trip in Tuscany, Italy. We arrived by train in a small town late at night. We weren’t sure where our rented cottage was, and didn’t have the means to call for a taxi. We walked into town and found an open restaurant. They took us in, comforted us, made us a meal, arranged for a room at the local inn, and even called for a taxi to pick us up once we had finished dinner.
   There’s more to the story, but I’ll save that for later.

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   Cosmetic Table on May 10, 2013 at 7:19 PM

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