I enjoy it when the cashier at the store is sort of grumpy when I start checking out but ends up smiling & friendly by the time they are done. Love to brighten someone's day just engaging them in conversation. It took me several times of it happening to realize that i even had that kind of effect on them.

I always stop if I see someone stopped along the road with car problems. Have jump started more cars for people. One time a lady was walking a cart away from town with something she had bought & it rather awkward. I stopped & loaded her stuff into my truck & drove her home. Another time I stopped & picked up a young guy walking his bike along the highway. Thought he was heading somewhere close. Turned out his end destination (home)was about 3 hours away across the state. I fed him & gave him a place to sleep, shower ,& wash his cloths & then drove him home the next day after he went with me to my church. Interesting because just being there to listen & talk to was something he needed as bad as a drive home. Who would have thought I could really help someone when all I initially thought was that I was just going to drive him home. You never know what your help might mean to someone.

The number of accidents where I have been first on the scene here have been numerous. Our dispatch people were getting to know me & so were the EMT'S that arrived at the accidents (small towns are easy to get to know them) not long ago, I had a single car accident where the guy ran off the road, over the mailbox & into the farm fence. When I called 911 I had no idea of the address until I picked up the mailbox that had landed out in the middle of the street.

A lot of my nice things here have also to do with farm animals especially cows though I have chased down several horses that got out too. My neighbors cows were forever coming over to my farm or crusing down the street. I learned real quick how to herd cows with my truck....though the best cow herding was at 1am out on a very dark highway with a very black cow that was on the street side of the fence. I herded him to keep him off the road while my call went out for help to my local sheriff. When he arrived he was able to block off the street on the farm side & then cut the chain on the gate. I herded the cow down the driveway & blocked off it's escape with my truck. The sheriff kept the gate open & other cows in while I got out of my truck & chased the wayward cow in through the gate. Not bad teamwork for never having had worked together before.

I have also been caregiver for 3 abused stallions while the court case was being handled & I do a lot of farm sitting for friends & have cared for them when sick. Amazing what we can learn to do when we find ourselves in a totally new environment. This city girl always hated the city & all I ever wanted was to live in the country where I finally feel totally at home.