40 in 40 Day #9

Day #9  This is day #9 of  writing a blog I am uncertain anyone is reading. We have one follower after nine days and I admit I had the thought tonight, "Will anyone even notice if I write this blog?" It has been a long day with little sleep last night. My small furry Valentino got a bone yesterday (from a friend). My gut knew not to let him have it but my friend loves Tino almost as much as I do and Valentino was doing his happy dance to woo the bone a bit closer. He got the bone and I got a sick dog all night. He is fine tonight. I am grumpy and wondering if anyone will even read this, much less respond.
What One Man Can Do is all about doing it anyway, regardless of the prize. Find the dream, nurture the dream, know the dream will elevate you and those around you. Act on the dream. Keep your commitments. Have support, That is WOMCD in action. If no human being ever reads this it is my commitment. I am showing up.
I am showing up. Happy Matthews shows up. She shows up when a person needs a ride to the store, or court. She shows up when a young mother needs a person to take a child to the park. She shows up, dollars in her hand, when a neighbor is is missing the money to but a prescription or milk. Happy Matthews shows up.
Agnes Mathews got the nickname as a small child growing up in Minnesota. The youngest of a very large family there was little time or money left over when Agnes made an appearance. Her life has been the stuff of Lifetime movie of the week. Abuse, alcohol, survival, drugs and tragedy has followed Ms. Mathews most of her life. She showed up and asked how she could help.  Street people know her name and know she is always good for a dollar or two, the gang kids know her and trust that she will give them a ride, a sandwich or drive them to the probation appointment. Happy Mathews is changing her world. She has not written a book. She has not started a non for profit, she has not been a surrogate mother or taken her 401K and gone ins search of hope for our country. Ms. Happy Mathews is the woman in the neighborhood who saves people from despair. She shows up offers a smile, a cigarette, a joke. She looks the invisible homeless in the eye and asks them who they are. She knows their names. She mourns their deaths. She is a hero.
Her Action: She lives from her heart and knows that but for the grace of God she could be the one in need. She shows up and asks, "How can I serve you?"
Happy has no web site, no email. You can send her emails to anne@womcd.com