I was driving home late this morning from playing golf in Oshkosh. I had almost made my second hole-in-one and was enjoying the 75 degree weather. I had my radio on and was listening to "talk radio". Almost every station was discussing the disaster of hurricane Katrina. I couldn't help thinking "what is wrong with this picture"? My life was pretty good and less than 1000 miles away, people were stuggling to stay alive.
My cell phone rang and it was my favorite son Christopher. He is the leader of our investment club at Calnin-Goss and he wanted to know if it would be all right to take this week's contribution to the club and make a donation to the American Red Cross for "Katrina relief". How great is that! People taking time out from the pursuit of investment gains to give something back. Of course I agreed!
Down deep, Christopher is one of the good guys. He cares about people. Sometimes people take advantage of him but he risks that as he extends a helping hand.
This is the guy who drove all the way to Texas to bring back the love of his life.
This is the guy who twice drove to Madison to pick up Kelly who was in an abusive boyfriend relationship.
This is the guy who knowingly drove into a dangerous situation in Milwaukee to bring Debs and Dano back to Sheboygan. Hindsight says that no-one knew how dangerous it really was.
This is the guy who was there for Deb's when she needed to be moved into a new home.
This is the guy who shows up at Paul's door when he is moving from a rental situation in Sheboygan to his present home.
You see, Chris is one of the good guys. He knows how other people feel and he responds accordingly. There is no other way.
So today my thanks go out to Chris for waking me up from my privledged funk and reminding me that there were people out there needing our help. Of course making a "club" contribution is what we should do!
Good guys don't always get the accolades that they deserve. Here is one kudo from a proud dad.
Love
Dad