Masks & Books

Recently I posted a request for N95 masks on Next Door. Knowing how scarce they are, I knew I might be asking the impossible. As a father 3000 miles away from his son, who is wading into risk everyday, it seemed a small but essential act. Our son works in an Infusion clinic. His patients are high risk, many come from nursing homes. His hospital had initially given him one mask, size small. Not enough, not a fit.

Generous responses from kind strangers buoyed me. Today I sent a package of unused N95's to our son. Even if the hospital won't allow him to use them on the job, he'll have them when he shops and does necessary errands, to protect himself, his young family, and others in his community; and/or to share them with others in need. One kind stranger left N95's zip locked in a sack by her gate. Gloved up, I zip locked a copy of my recent book, dedicated to our grand daughter, and left it for the donor with a note. When I returned home, an email - she was stoked to find the copy of Edible Grace! Books & masks as currencies between strangers who will never meet. The ripple effects of generosity astonish me. Sometimes the impossible is possible if you ask.