Tic tac's and teepee's

Generosity is a wonderful trait. I don't mean the gifts of things, but rather the gift of self.
Recently I spent the night in a teepee with some old friends. It was a cold night and we needed sleeping bags and blankets. In the dead of the night, my daughter, uncharacteristically began being sick. It was sudden and unexpected. We were clearly unprepared, all 9 of us.

Between us we managed, in a few seconds, to find a bag, tissues and a torch. Very quickly we sorted out my little princess and calm restored within a short period of time. Although my daughter was on her way to recovery, she was clearly distraught and suffering from a little shock.
My friend noticed this. She again got out of her warm and cosy sleeping bag, searched in the darkness for something in her bag and came over to my daughter and offered her an orange tic tac, to change the taste in her mouth.

This simple act of kindness was huge.
It made the world of difference to her then,
It is what she remembers about that night.

My friend did not have to do this, but she did. She turned a bad event into a good memory with a simple orange tic tac.

This reminded me that long friendships run deep and need to be cherished. This reminded me how lucky I am to have such people in my life.

Thank you orange tic tac for reminding me.   I will always carry some with me now, just so one day I can return this favour.