A Friend in Need

When asked to complete a random act of kindness this week, I was stumped as to what I could do. Fortunately, the opportunity fell right into my hands. My close friend who is a junior found out at the end of last week that her grandmother has passed away. Dealing with the stress of finals and now the family issues, she was not handling it all very well. She decided to take a train home on Tuesday for the wake and funeral, missing several classes. Her train was to leave on Tuesday morning and get her there in time for the family wake. However, the train was running late Tuesday morning, meaning that she would miss the wake. Hanging by a thread, she called me frantically and in a panic. I knew I had to help. I looked up alternate ways for her to get back to New York and found a bus that was not leaving Wilmington for another hour. I quickly picked her up from the train station and brought her to the bus stop, where she luckily made it on and returned home in plenty of time. Even as we approach the weekend she has been thanking me consistently for helping her out, yet I assured her it was nothing at all...and really, it wasn't. I was happy that I could help a friend in need, one who has been there for me so many times in the past. I know she would have done the same for me.