an even greater surprise. According to her will, she had left me $15,000. I read the amount several times, struggling to understand why she would leave me such a substantial sum when I had only ever lent her relatively small amounts over the months.
Tucked inside the envelope was a handwritten note. In it, she explained that my help had made some of the darkest days of her life a little easier. She remembered how I had never embarrassed her or made her feel ashamed when she needed financial
