I met Mrs Stone at the local shopping center street festival. It was during a time of economic downturn – unemployment was high, school leavers couldn’t find jobs, businesses in the street and elsewhere were closing down and in general there was an air of hopelessness across the community.
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You were sent by God today
The lady introduced herself as Dorothy. Perhaps in her late sixties, she was already standing at her front gate as I came along, telling me that she had heard me speaking with a neighbour two doors down, so she “came out for a chat too.” She said she was a widow and as a consequence didn’t get to …