There is still a spirit of human kindness

I'm so thankful I can still see human kindness with all the sadness around. I've been so touched by all the kind people that have touched Tebo and I as well as Katie and the rest of our family through this tragedy. There are so many that if I tried to mention them all I am certain I would leave someone out, but this week I received a sketch of Chad that someone sent to Captain Martinez to deliver to me and it is beautiful. I don't know this man at all. He lost his son in Iraq in 2005 and he does this for free for different families. He does amazing work and I didn't even know this photo of Chad existed until the Captain and 1st SGT brought it to me. Apparently they take a new picture of the Marines when they get ready to deploy and that is the photo this man used. It is perfect! I can't wait to get it framed and hang it up in the house. It warmed my heart so much when I saw it. They were so precious when they delivered it to the house. They stayed and visited with us for over 2 hours and it just made us feel so good. I still struggle at times with feeling guilty for laughing or having a good day and I am sure one day that will ease up, but I did allow myself to feel very happy to get that sketch and to visit with our new "bonus sons" on Monday. Then you have total strangers send a card, or comment on your blog, or show a willingness to get involved in your passion (our new "Project") and your heart warms up again. In a world where so much focus is put on the bad it is nice to see that there is still a lot of good around us too. It is sad that it takes a tragedy at times to bring that to surface, but I've always thought that most people are generally good people so it's just nice to see that even I under estimated just how good they are and how many really are out there. I don't know when or if we will find our "new normal", but I do know that my spirit is renewed every time a total stranger or a long lost friend, or current friends reach out with such kindness just to put a smile on our face. It is just nice to know these people still are out there.