She Paid a Stranded Biker’s Gas, and Three Days Later Everything Changed

Of Mercy House.

Of children.

Of a town learning late what it should have known early.

Then he called Alicia forward.

She took the plaque in both hands.

Simple wood.

Brass plate.

Her name.

A few lines about compassion, leadership, and the heart of Mercy House.

The applause rolled over her warm and strange.

She thought of the gas station.

Of the laughter.

Of the continue reading …