The kindness of a stranger
http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2008/10/the-kindness-of-a-stranger.html
This is from the pen of Rod Dreher:
You want to see what it means to love one’s neighbor? Marilyn Mock, who lives in the Dallas suburb of Rockwall, went to a foreclosure auction with her grown son last weekend to be with him as he purchased his first house. While there, she saw a woman sitting at the edge of the auction hall, sobbing. It was Tracy Orr, a housekeeper who was there to watch her humble house sold off to the highest bidder.
Marilyn couldn’t stand it. She bought Tracy’s house, sight unseen, and told her to move back home. Now Tracy will be paying her mortgage to Marilyn, not to the bank. If you go to the story, be sure to watch the video report from the scene. Tracy, through tears, says nobody’s ever done anything like that for her before. And Marilyn is not a wealthy woman, it seems from the story.