Letter to the Editor: The world is a pretty nice place after all

To the Editor:
Hello everyone in newspaper land! I have been impressed by some very nice happenings lately and wanted to let everyone know how much my family and I appreciate them.
A couple months ago I was making a habit out of asking everyone about their Christmas plans. In one instance we were talking about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, which I lamented that I had missed as I was at work the night it was on TV. Shortly thereafter, a DVD copy was hand delivered to our front door! It was a big hit and has been watched 10-15 times at this point.
On a number of occasions both this year and in years previous we have had the pleasure of getting a foot or more of snow. Our neighbors in both directions are in the habit of blowing the snow all the way to the end of the block before turning around.  This clears two sidewalks worth of snow and saves me a lot of time when I get home from work and start blowing the snow.
Finally, you may have read the recent story about a group of local grandparents getting together to make sure that the Wellness Center was able to purchase a new bouncy house. It is a dandy and our three-year-old is enamored with the new Robot Bouncy House to the extent that he frequently pretends to be a Robot Bouncy House when we are at home, pinchers and all.
I think we can all rest assured that the world is a pretty nice place after all.

Ben Ross
Waukon