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Today I got a letter from Elea Carey, an editor at A River & Sound Review, a magazine that published my story The Third Place. The story had to do with one gesture of compassion and empathy that one train passenger extended to another. Elea wrote:
"I was taking the train from Reno to SF (Emeryville,
actually). To get time alone with no wifi, no kids, no sick father, and
no dogs to walk was a total blessing. I was enjoying it by writing an
extra long and detailed journal entry when, just as we came out of a
tunnel near Donner Pass, the woman in the seat behind me burst into
tears. The train car got very quiet but no one moved to do anything. I
sat for a moment, then I closed my computer and went back to her and
said, "Tell me about it.""
Small gestures count a great deal, I think. And they take a great deal of courage.
That is so neat!
ReplyDeleteWow! Great story and what a great follow up. It's very cool to see your positive effect on reality and on an individual's experience (the real crying woman). It is especially neat that it came about through a creative effort.
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