Raking leaves makes me think of two things:
Service
and
Coralee Peele.
It's funny how those two things go so perfectly hand in hand.
I raked leaves and did various yard work for Sis. Peele for YEARS. One time I even painted her mailbox with Taryn Smith (with such a team, you better believe we messed up and did it wrong) but doing such a service provided a wonderful bonding experience for us. Sis. Peele really taught us the true meaning of service.
One time Sis. Peele sold me her car for WAY cheap because she is kind.
My mom served Coralee for all the years of my life pretty much. Their interactions with one another and the friendship they developed really taught me a lot about service and how it requires and produces charity for everyone involved.
Yesterday, Coralee died.
I do feel like it's a good thing when people die, leaving the world all that much better for having been there.
And I do feel like I was able to benefit very much from the lessons of service, charity, love, and endurance Sis. Peele taught me.
Especially since I was able to learn it because of raking leaves!
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