Several weeks ago I posted a note asking if any readers had saved newspapers with coverage from the Andover tornado that they would be willing to part with. A reader had written to me and explained that her mother died in the tornado, and she had saved those newspapers and read them each year on her mother’s birthday. The papers were in a box that was among things stolen in a home burglary, and she was trying to replace them — but we no longer had those papers here at The Eagle.
I’m delighted to report that several readers came through with the papers. Today the woman wrote this email to me: “I can’t tell you how happy you just made me. Thank you so much. And thanks to your readers too. You are all in my prayers….You are truly a blessing to me.”
I want to send a huge “thank you” to our readers for taking the time to find those newspapers and give them to a total stranger who needed them. Thank you, Teresa, Tabby and Audrey, and also for “backup” offers from Floyd, Pam and Bobbi. Your thoughtfulness made my day.