We were just getting on the first of two ferries that get us back to Swallowfield from Powell River, when we got a text from S. who was looking after our place, to give her a call. When we got through, she informed us of a frozen water line that had burst in the ceiling of our bedroom. She immediately called our friend K. K. is a plumber by trade and he got here within a few minutes with E. We felt rather needy and helpless, getting texts over the next four hours before we got home. The three of them had done a day’s water damage restoration before we got home at 3 pm. That’s day’s work and then some.
Ten days later the carpets are dry and back in place, the ceiling repaired and painted. We are so grateful for the kind of friends who will drop everything and jump into the work that needs to be done, no doubt putting aside their plans for that day. It would be one thing if this was the only time. It was not. We want to be the kind of friends and neighbors that would do the same. Drop everything in a time of need and jump in with both feet.