https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
“Christmas is often regarded as a time for goodwill, but one young UK couple's
act of kindness 50 years ago changed their lives forever.
On 23 December 1975, Rob Parsons and his wife Dianne were preparing for
Christmas at their Cardiff home when they heard a knock at the door.
On their doorstep stood a man with a bin bag containing his possessions in his
right hand and a frozen chicken in his left.
Rob studied the man's face and vaguely remembered him as Ronnie Lockwood,
someone he would occasionally see at Sunday School as a boy and who he was told
to be kind to as he was a "bit different".
"I said 'Ronnie, what's with the chicken?' He said 'somebody gave it to me for
Christmas'. And then I said two words that changed all of our lives.
"And I'm not exactly sure why I said them. I said come in."
Aged just 27 and 26 years old at the time, the couple felt compelled to take
Ronnie, who was autistic, under their wing.
They cooked his chicken, let him bathe and agreed to let him stay for
Christmas.
What began as an act of compassion turned into an unique companionship of love
and compromise that lasted 45 years, until the day Ronnie died.”
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
