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There just might be some hope after all! A first-time CM submission from reverse-snowbird and Sunday evening organist at Columbia Christian Church Narda Tate, noticing all the little things that make Southern Kentucky such a great place. By Narda Tate I don't know about you, but I am truly sick and tired of being bombarded with stabbings, murders, chaos, fraud, deception, hate, wars and all the rest of the long list of horrible things that saturate the news these days. But let me share with you a few instances of lovely, bright Americana sunshine that I experienced recently. First, my husband and I were in a subdivision in Bowling Green waiting for some folks to get home. It was a little after 4:30 in the afternoon. While parked in the cul-de-sac facing the road, I noticed a car go by slowly with a young man driving. He was all dressed up in a coat and tie. I thought he looked fairly young to have a job requiring such formal attire, but paid no more attention until I noticed he had parked in front of a house, but was not getting out. Probably just finishing up a phone call or something like that, I surmised. On the absolute dot of 5 PM, he got out of the car and was carrying a bouquet of flowers up to the house. I watched until finally he and a lovely young lady came out - he in his suit and she in a formal, elegant and lovely gown. Aha! They were going to the Prom! He opened the door for her and saw her seated comfortably before getting in and driving off. It was just so heart-warming to see chivalry and good manners on display in such a young couple. While all that was going on, I also noticed a garage door on the other side of the street open up and a grandfatherly looking man came out pulling a toddler in a wagon. They went on down the sidewalk and out of sight. At another house, a father, with his young son on his lap was mowing the yard with the little one's 'help'. They were having a grand old time together. Then, another garage door opened and a young teenage boy came out with his scooter and behind him came a much younger boy on a bicycle with training wheels. Off they went with the older brother staying close to and being mindful of his sibling. All these little displays of normal, decent, loving Americana life made me smile and feel like maybe there is some hope for us as a civilization after all. But wait! There's MORE! Going down a highway south of Somerset, the traffic seemed to be purposefully slow but I couldn't see why. Then I noticed that we were actually a little behind a funeral procession. It struck me that all of the on-coming traffic was pulling over to the side and stopping. Again, I was uplifted with the open display of respect, consideration and empathy being shown by total strangers. My heart was cheered by the thoughtfulness of my fellow Americans. Let's all strive to be the kind of people who give others hope for the future of our great country. This story was posted on 2026-05-24 17:52:18
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