Since Lydia liked to refer to herself as my Starbucks buddy, I felt it fitting for my first act of kindness to take place at Starbucks and I planned to pay for the person behind me. So I am in the drive thru and order a drink and the worker said the total was $5.84 and to pull forward. The line was at a standstill so I remained where I was and after a few moments the same worker said to me, “ok, that will be $6.16.” I just sat in silence, knowing she did not mean to say that to me, but believing Lydia did.
Lydia and I had a very special ritual in which we would send daily texts to each other. I would send 5:08 at that time each day and she would do the same for me at 6:16 (each of our birthdays). It was just a way to let each other know we were thinking of each other. 5:08 was the last text I had sent to Lydia. She had responded with “aw thank you”, but that was the last text from her and I had not received my 6:16 text- until last night while I was honoring her with an act of kindness.🪽