Reader\'s Digest Canada - 04.2020

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SETTING AN EXAMPLE

I couldn’t hold back my tears as I read

the letter that Donna MacKinnon wrote

to little Desiree Gill, who mourned her

late father, in “Message from a Mer-

maid” (December 2019). MacKinnon

comforted Desiree and also helped us

all by setting an extraordinary example:

everyone needs to acknowledge kind-

ness, learn from kindness and extend

kindness to others.

—KATHY MANFREDI, St. Catharines

KIDS READINGREADER’S

I was impressed with Mark Pupo’s intro-

ductory letter in the January-February

2020 issue of Reader’s Digest (“My

Return toReader’s”), in which he talks

about reading RD at his grandparents’

house as a teen. Growing up, my parents

always shared newspaper and magazine

articles with me, bolstering my interest

in reading. Today, my granddaughter

Lauren is an avid reader, and we read

your magazine together. She loves the

brainteasers, articles about health

and the “As Kids See It” pages. It is so

important for kids to know what’s going

on outside of their world.

— COLIN MACKENZIE, Peterborough, Ont.

CONCERN AND COMPASSION

After reading “That’s a Wrap” (Decem-

ber 2019), I thought to myself: “Surely

angels do live among us.” The trio that

launched Adopt-A-Senior—an organi-

zation that distributes holiday gifts to

seniors’ homes—demonstrate such

concern, goodwill and compassion

for the people they help. Loneliness or

lack of companionship can have detri-

mental effects on seniors’ health, and

it’s wonderful that these women are

working to mitigate this problem.

— ALBERT DEAN, Mississauga

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