Feeling thankful for the angels among us

To the Editor

Several weeks ago, I was returning from my mailbox when I fell backwards on my sidewalk after a night of rain. Though I was not knocked out, I was hurt enough that I could not get up. My husband was inside the house and did not see me fall, but I heard the unmistakable sound of the Express Trash Disposal truck coming. In a flash, they were there to my rescue. One of the men knelt down beside me, held my hand and comforted me with a short prayer. One was on the phone calling the ambulance while the other two went to get my husband.

A quick trip to the hospital confirmed a brain bleed, and I spent the night in the hospital being treated. I still have some soreness where my head hit the hard cement, but my heart is filled with love for the fellows driving the truck that day. I am sorry I did not get their names, but I certainly called the office to tell their supervisor of their exceptional expression of love that day.

Their kindness that day is something I will never forget, and I am forever grateful to the company that hired such caring men to service our town and care for its people.

While I was in the hospital, my neighbors, the Cox family, pressure-washed our sidewalk and driveway so that this would not happen again.

My point is that there are angels among us doing kind things if we but look. I am forever grateful to those angels sent my way that day.

Margaret G. Brannan

Albany