Chapter 089 – Peter Volunteers
Chapter 89 - Chapter 089 – Peter Volunteers
Peter asked to volunteer.
I said no.
He accepted that.
Three months later, he asked again.
This time, Naomi suggested a limited role at the senior center, not the fund.
He drove clients to appointments.
Filed no paperwork.
Handled no money.
Answered to Naomi, not me.
That worked.
One afternoon, he brought me a receipt log and said, “I used to think errands were care.”
I looked at him.
“And now?”
“Errands are errands. Care is whether the person still gets to choose.”
That sentence was worth more than peaches.
May you like
Not forgiveness.
But maybe a brick in the road toward it.
