Source: Good News Network
This story was submitted by Tammy Bacon as a nomination to the Reader’s Digest “Top 10 Nicest Places in America” contest: a crowd-sourced effort to uncover nooks where people are still kind and respectful in an era of cultural and political divides. If you know of a community, business, or nonprofit where kindness prevails, then be sure to submit a testimony or anecdote here before the June 5th deadline.
I was raised in Corryton, Tennessee, but later married and moved to a neighboring county. After 26 years and a divorce, I decided that I really wanted to return home.
I bought a small, run-down, house nearly a century old, and began working to bringing it back to life. Aside from a little family help, I did this largely on my own.
While working on my house, I had several neighbors stop by to compliment my work and efforts in restoring this little house. Those neighbors, and many others, later returned to offer their assistance with whatever my current project may be, much to my great appreciation.
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