Christmas is often regarded as a time for goodwill, but one young UK couple's act of kindness 50 years ago changed their lives forever.
On 23 December 1975, Rob Parsons and his wife Dianne were preparing for Christmas at their Cardiff home when they heard a knock at the door.
On their doorstep stood a man with a bin bag containing his possessions in his right hand and a frozen chicken in his left.
Rob studied the man's face and vaguely remembered him as Ronnie Lockwood, someone he would occasionally see at Sunday School as a boy and who he was told to be kind to as he was a "bit different".
"I said 'Ronnie, what's with the chicken?' He said 'somebody gave it to me for Christmas'. And then I said two words that changed all of our lives.
"And I'm not exactly sure why I said them. I said come in."
7 Comments
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 240d
Lovely article. Well worth the read.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 240d
It is indeed. What wonderful people.
crandlecan@mander.xyz · -81 pts · 240d
Brilliant leech found this one simple trick the rich just HATE!
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip · 65 pts · 240d
At least read the article bro
Dude was autistic and homeless/alone since he was a teenager. Then proceeded to become a beloved part of the community
crandlecan@mander.xyz · -38 pts · 240d
I read the article. Cried for hours, went into therapy. Got out a bit calmer and under control. Then, I wrote that.
I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 240d
Wow, such an edgelord
the_tab_key@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 239d
And then I blocked you