To be clear, this isn't my friend. Well, that's not true. This is Gwen and she IS my friend but I was there when my wife took this picture so the title is all wrong if the post was about her.
The post is about the bike or more specifically, about a guy named Paul loaned her the bike (more accurately, the trike).
Apparently Paul is generous, trusting and kind (I would make this a definitive statement if I was absolutely certain Paul really exists and wasn't actually Jay's invisible friend).
I know Paul is trusting because these trikes are not cheap yet he loaned his to a complete stranger. Granted I had vouched for Gwen but think about it, he has never met me (or my blog title would be worthless and misleading). Truth be told, he has never met Gwen either and actually made arrangements for her to get the trike from a friend of his. That should cover trusting.
Generous goes like this. Gwen rode this trike over a hundred miles to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research. It worked. She raised over $1,200. When we offered to rent Paul's trike for her ride he would have none of it. "You're raising money for a good cause so this needs to be a donation, not a rental".
Kind? Have you been reading this post? His friend Jay vouched for me. He has never met me but I vouched for Gwen. He has never met Gwen but made arrangements for her to meet another friend (who neither of us had ever met) at a business to pick up the trike and his efforts resulted in over a thousand dollars going to a good cause.
I'm absolutely convinced that if Paul actually exists he's the kind of a person I want to have as a friend.
There's nothing like a bunch of friends who have never met getting together to do good things. I really love to surround myself with people like that because they are the best people on planet earth.
Fortunately, I can testify to Paul's existence and his character. Paul and I've been friends for quite a while as well. I recall it starting with a garage roof as I believe he had most of the rest of the garage up by the time I got around to volunteering to help. He lived on the other end of the 400 block of North Sargent in Glendive, MT. Through the years, its included a lot of fishing / back packing trips, quite a bit of construction, quite a few volleyball matches, a fair amount of beer and wine, and a lot of friends and acquaintances. In some ways, he's like Jim.
ReplyDeleteAh, the character part works for me but isn't the hypothesis here that he might be YOUR invisible friend? I fear you testifying that he actually does exist could be seen as redundant. I'll ask Bruce and Debbie tonight if they can verify his existance. I think we need third party verification now or definitive proof in October.
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