April• 2018 | 13envelope with the magical words,
“Buy yourself a new bike”. It took me
alittlewhiletoregisterwhatitwas
insideit.Itwasa$100banknote.
We were ver y touched t hat
someonehadthehearttodothis.
We’veneverbeenabletothankthe
personbutwesuspectthatitmay
havebeenoneofourwonderful
neighbours.Bradleypaintedabig
“hankyou”onthesignandwe
leftitoutsideforacoupleofweeks
afterwards in case it was someone
whodrovedownourstreet.
A delighted Bradley was able to
buyanewbike.Astheyearswent
on,thebikesbecamebiggerand
more expensive but remained justasimportantforthosefamilybike
rides.Nowthekidshavegrownup
andcarshavereplacedtheirbikes.
Bradleyis25.SometimesImissthe
days when receiving a bicycle was
the best thing in the world to them.
Alltheseyearslaterwearestill
grateful to that incredibly kind
stranger who granted Bradley’s wish.
We were a young family with three
little children and it meant a lot to us.
We still talk about it and, even now,
wonder who our benefactor was.Share your story about a small act
of kindness that made a huge impact.
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