Bubbie's Coat

 

June 25, 2021

 

Dear Vivi,

I wanted to share a story with you about Bubbie.  She told the story to your Dad and I a couple of weeks ago when we visited her.

 

Bubbie’s father was a foreman in a clothing factory.  He made Bubbie a beautiful coat for winter.  It was brown and had huge pockets.  Pockets that were so big she could put her books in them.  The coat did not have buttons instead it wrapped around her and she tied it closed with a belt.  Bubbie loved this coat so much she wore it every day.

Bubbie had a cousin named Pearl who was around her age.  Pearl had a very hard life and very little money.  Pearl came to visit one day and she only had a very light coat that you would wear in the spring not for winter.  Bubbie’s father took Bubbie aside and told her that she should give her warm coat to Pearl.  He promised to make Bubbie a new coat.  Bubbie did as her father asked.

Bubbie’s father did make her a new coat as he promised.  Bubbie did say she liked the first coat better.  That is who your Great Grandfather Meyer was.  He believed in helping others wherever he could.  He taught that lesson to your Bubbie and she carried that legacy through her life.

Aunt Rhi and I found Thank you notes to Bubbie from people who she helped that we had no idea she had done those good deeds.  Just as she found letters to her Father of thanks for his kindnesses done unto others.

 

“The highest form of wisdom is kindness”

-The Talmud

 

Have a great week!

 

I love you!

G-Ma