A Helping Hand

I have been thinking a lot about my love this morning. I think about him all the time but more so this morning. When I miss him I like to go threw my phone, his phone, and/or his Facebook to look at pictures and remember the good times. I came across this picture in my phone from one of our bike rides in the park.

That would be my wonderful husband giving a homeless man a couple waters and a sandwich. 

We were at Herman park ridding our bikes and brought a cooler and stuff to make sandwiches. While we were stopped to let Emma play and to eat lunch, Dink saw this man digging in the trash to get a drink someone just put in there. 

As you can see it was a hot day. Dink came to me and asked me to make a sandwich and give him a water. He had already eaten and I asked if he was still hungry. He told me it was for the man so I handed him an sandwich and two waters. The man was very grateful and it made me proud to know I had such a caring man. 

Dinkie used to do things like this all the time. No matter where we were he would always lend a helping hand. I always rember him helping ladies with strollers stuck at stairs. He would help get the stroller up or down the stairs. He would also help elderly couples or singles unload groceries at the grocery store. Weather we were walking in or out he would stop to help.

This past Christmas we attended his company Christmas party held at the hotel in the Galeria. After the party on our way out one of the janitors was stuck on a slope and needed a hand. Dink didn't hesitate to help push the big buffer up the slope so the man could finish his job. 

Dink didn't care that he was in his dress shoes and nice clothes. He didn't have to think about it. He just helped because that's who he was.

This is the last picture I have of him helping someone and the after picture. 

We were on our way to a birthday party and I spotted a man sitting on his roof and a ladder on the floor. I told Dink that I thought he was stuck. Dinkie immediately turned the car around and stoped and asked if he was ok. The man said his ladder fell and he was sure someone would have stoped to help but he had been stuck up there a while now. Dink put up the ladder and held it steady till the older gentleman got down. He thanked Dink and we went to the party. It was a princes theme so he wore a crown because Emma and I asked him too. He didn't care as long as we were happy. 

Dink was always the first to volunteer or lend a hand. No one ever wants to help someone move but two weeks before his passing he helped our friend Maddy move. And this past April at the Yay4Life crawfish benefit he stayed way past his volunteer shift. He was set for set up but ended up selling the toy wagon tickets then stayed till the very end to clean up and pack things up. He didn't mind and stayed till we were told to go ahead an go home. 

I love this man and I miss him beyond words. Looking back at these things I am happy I took these pictures and he grew up as much as he did from the time I met him till his passing. I am so proud of the man he had become and the family he gave us. Weather he was volunteering at the shelter walking dogs or putting out a house fire I could always count on him to help.