Well last night a friend and her DH came over to have a celebratory drink. A little over a year ago her mom died leaving a house full of crap (literally there was mouse poo everywhere), no will and a lot of questions. My friend is deaf and her husband was over in Iraq fighting for our country. She was having problems getting anything started, accomplished. So we stepped in and starting helping her where we could.
By the time we were done 7 months later we had 4 large dumpsters of trash, a couple of sales and finally the house sold to a "flipper" because it needed a lot of help.
Fast forward to last night. Since there wasn't a will they had to wait a year after moms death for claims against the estate and to settle everything. So we were having drinks, toasting that their lives could get back to normal and they had us a card with a check for $1000. Now DH and I did not do this to get any $$ or anything, really just to be friends and help out. When I asked what was going on they said
"You helped without getting paid and without expecting anything, that is the reason you are getting paid."
This will go towards a bill. We are almost debt free.
It does pay to be nice
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It was great of you to help out your friend, and very appropriate of her to give back a bit once the estate settled, given the huge amount of help you gave.
Good reminder to have a will, keep it updated, and continue the battle to keep the clutter cleared out ... something that doesn't come easily for many of us (myself included).
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