A Little Birdie Told Me

By the time my grandfather moved in, he was in a wheelchair. However, it didn’t stop him from going on daily walks. One time we were strolling past a row of rose bushes when my grandfather motioned for me to stop. I watched as he bent down into the thorny vines and gently lifted a robin off of the ground. Silently, he pressed upon its wing and launched in in the air. I gazed in disbelief as the robin flew towards the sun. I look back on this moment as a lesson in quiet kindness.