Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.

It was winter here in South Dakota when this happened. There was a lot of snow coming down. I was still living at home at the time, and I was driving into town to pick up a couple of things. I saw a car on the side of the highway, flashers on, and a few people trying to figure out what to do.

Initially, I just passed them by because I was going the opposite direction. It didn’t take long for me to pick up the things I was looking for (it was probably just soda and snacks or something) so I was back out on the snowy roads in a couple of minutes. I retraced my driving route and found those people still on the side of the road, and noticed they were trying to deal with a tire issue, so I stopped to help them out.

They were probably a few years younger than I was, somewhere between high school and college aged, and they didn’t fully know how to change a tire. So I offered to help them out and they were grateful for the assistance.

It only took me a couple minutes because they had already managed to get the jack in place, but I quickly got them back in action and safely off of the side of the road during a mild snow storm.