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So I found this nifty little website/blog today and thought it was too neat to share! One Minute Writer is just that; a website devoted to getting you to write every day, if even just for one minute.

Each day they give you a new prompt to write about. Today's is about a memorable party you've been to. I can't remember any great parties off the top of my head however it made me think of mom's night out and how badly I need one. . .

However Nov 5's prompt was Stranger; write something nice a stranger has done for you. Here's mine. . .

My best friend from here and I were talking about moving to Tulsa about 6 years ago. We did all the research we could online and planned our second trip to scout out some houses. We started our trip right after I got off of work (6am) excited as all get out. We had reached Tulsa, got something to eat and started to look for places. After about 30 minutes of driving around the car started acting funny. We took it into a shop near by to have them look at it. They told us what all was wrong (3 different things that I don't remember now) and told us to fix all of it we were looking at about 2k.

Ummm yeah, like we just have 2 grand laying around. So we told them we'd fix it when we got back home. He said that it wasn't safe (I think part of it was for the suspension, alignment, wheels something of that sort) to drive all the way back. We asked him what we could fix to get home and do the rest later. He told us what would be best and that it'd be about $900; we had $600. He said he'd work with us. So we're sitting there ticked off waiting for them to fix what they could on the car.

While we were there there was an older gentlemen (late 50s early 60s) from the start and a middle aged woman came in a while later. We sort of talked to the both of them a little bit. More the woman than the man. So the man's car is done and he gets up to pay and the lady starts talking to us again. The man then leaves and about 20 minutes later they tell us our car is done. The worker hands us our receipt and warranty info. We ask what the total will be and he said that the gentleman that was in there earlier had taken care of it. He told the worker to give us his card and be safe.

We both in tears leave the building and go outside and then look at the card. He was a minister at one of the local Churches. We sent him a thank you card with a promise to pay him back as we could. He wrote us back once saying he was glad we returned home safely and didn't want payment. He told us that knowing we were thankful women was enough. If we really wanted to do something he said help someone else in need.

Every time I hear someone doing good for another person I think of that man. Just about every time I do something for someone else I think of him and whisper a little thank you.

It's people like that that make this world go 'round. People who do things for absolutely no reason other than because it's the right thing to do. People like that are what give me hope for a better world.

Anyway I just wanted to share this, thought it was neat for those who want to blog but aren't sure what to write about. Enjoy!