Couples mark love, find random act of kindness

I'm 87 years old and never have I been more surprised than at Marie Callender's restaurant in Ontario.

Another couple, Harold and Doreen Terry, and my wife, Pearl, and myself were celebrating our 69th wedding anniversary. A double ring ceremony. The waitress mentioned the corsages the women were wearing and we explained.

Across from us, two women were having dinner. They started to leave and stopped at our table to congratulate us on our anniversary and then left. Now, either the waitress told them of our celebration or older folks sometimes speak louder than they realize.

Shortly thereafter, the waitress returned to tell us the ladies that had just left had paid our tab. Harold Terry, being more agile, tried to catch and thank them but they were gone.

In this day of gloom and doom, it's refreshing to see people doing loving things that make others and themselves happy.

Thank you, ladies, for your thoughtfulness.

Ralph and Pearl Snider
Alta Loma