Apr 23rd, 2007 - Very Kind Man!

This is still unbelievable for us.

The nite before we left on the trip and Jazzy was having trouble, she stumbled and stepped on my foot.

Of course, at the airport the next day you have to take your shoes off to go thru the security stuff. I was talking to Bruce as we were in line telling him I was not sure I could get my shoe back on afterwards since it had taken quite a bit to get it on in the first place. There was man in line behind us kind of watching. Bruce told him the horse had stepped on my foot the nite before and it was pretty sore.

Later on as we were at the gate waiting to board, a man said "hey how's that foot?" It was the man Bruce had spoken to earlier. I told him not very good! He was asking about what kind of horses we had and how many, etc. I had some Misfit Acres brochures in my bag and handed him one. He was really interested in it. He asked about the horse that stepped on me and we told him we had to put her down - course I am such a softy, you can imagine the tears welling up. Anyway, just as we were to get on the plane, this man handed Bruce some papers. He said he travels for business all the time and gets these free drink vouchers from the airlines and he wanted us to have these. Just as we were all three stepping away to get on the plane, he handed Bruce a rolled up check and said "Take care of the farm". Bruce gave him our most sincere thank you but did not get a chance to look at the check until we were seated. It was for $300.

On the flight we had some drinks. A little later the flight attendant came back and handed Bruce a $20 bill. She said the black man in first class had paid for the drinks that we had already bought and that she was to give Bruce back any money he had spent on drinks. If there was anything further that we wanted, she was to come to him for payment and not take our money.

They were not allowing anyone into first class that did not have a seat so we did not get a chance to personally thank him. The flight attendant told Bruce that the man used to be a professional football player.

We were hoping to catch him at the baggage pick up but he must not have had any luggage to pick up. We didn't see him again.

Pretty Awesome - huh??
Bruce & Jody
www.misfitacres.com
Saving one horse may not make a difference in the whole world, but it will make a world of a difference to that one horse ~Author Unknown