Bette Brown tells of a...
Bette Brown tells of a friend, whom we shall call Jeffrey, who decided to take his own life early one morning. As he walked through the kitchen, he saw an envelope containing a letter from one of his mother's closest friends. Even though she lived many miles away, he decided to phone her. He had remernbered visiting her as a child, and the fact that she always kept a promise box on the kitchen table.
Even though he had not seen this woman for 15 years, she remembered him. He asked, "Do you still have that promise box you let us kids use?" "Yes, it's right here," she replied.