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Friday 21 January 2022

My Point of View:

True Aruba Kindness

By: Jan Fearnow from Oca- their children to our house pening and was told for her
la, Florida here to swim in the pool, to go now. Not only could
We visit Aruba a lot and have a cook out, and this the manager have said no,
since we are renting a year we spent Christmas but they were kind enough
house, (from the wonderful with them. We even call to let her come and help
family that owns Universal them our adopted children me immediately. True
Restaurant) we don't get and grandchildren and it Aruba Kindness. This lady
the paper like we do when brings us great pleasure. came to the house picked
we stay at our timeshares me up, stayed with me at
at La Cabana, but we love Aruban kindness the clinic, brought me back
reading it online. Over the Yesterday, I had the unfor- home, went and obtained
20+ years my husband and tunate to revisit ARC (won- my prescriptions, brought
I have been coming here derful clinic). My husband me soup and continued to
to this beautiful, peaceful had returned to the state check on me throughout
island we have made so due to business and my the day. She alerted oth-
many friends. Families, sin- pain was so bad I knew I er friends who contacted
gle people, older people, could not drive, I texted me and said they would
waitresses, waiters, bar- one of our young mothers do whatever I needed.
tenders, restaurant manag- to see if she could help. This included our landlord

ers, the list goes on and on. She was at work, but im- who would bring it to me
The great thing is that we mediately explained to her or have it delivered. Again,
keep in touch. Some bring manager what was hap- True Aruba Kindness.

It grew later in the night and I wondered why I had not
heard from anyone, but they have families of their own
so I figured they were busy getting the children to bed,
etc. I knew my husband was busy with our businesses so
I thought he would just call later or send me a fast email
to let me know all was good and we would speak the
next morning. Little did I know that someway my phone
had went to air plane mode so I could not receive any-
thing. Suddenly there is a knock on my front door and I
could see a person through the blind on my window. How
can this be happening? I have an 8 ft fence around the
house the garage door is down tight, and all the gates
are closed and locked. I ask "who is it?" My friend said
"it's me are you ok?" I open the door asking "how did you
get in?" After her telling me my husband was worried sick
because he couldn't reach me he ask if there was any
way she could check on me.
She had driven to my house immediately, drove her car
as close to the fence as she could, jumped on the hood,
sprang over the fence to the garbage can and jumped
down to the ground. ONCE AGAIN, ARUBA KINDNESS.

After we fixed my phone and we assured my husband
I was ok, had not passed out, etc. I let her out the front
gate and thanked her a thousand time.
That my friends it what the people and businesses are all
about in Aruba. Taking care of people you have come
to know, love and treat them like family.

Because that is what they truly are while you are in Aruba.
YOUR ARUBA FAMILIES, FRIENDS FILLED WITH ARUBA KIND-
NESS

What more could I ask for on this beautiful island????q