The Army Of Good remains undefeated in its own kind of struggle, the war for good rather than argument. Friday, I mentioned that the Mansion Activity Director, Julie Smith, desperately needed a new printer. She wouldn’t ask me, she thought all the support should go to the residents, but  several of them corralled me Friday and asked if I could help Julie get a printer.

“She does so much for us,” they said, “we just wondered if you could do something for her.” Well, I could, as it turned out, with some help. Computer printers are not that expensive, so I just mentioned it once and briefly in a blog post over the weekend. I had all the money I needed by Saturday morning.

The printer I wanted costs about $80, assuming it’s the right one for Julie’s computer and I have received about $130 by Sunday evening. I asked people to make their donations small, this isn’t an expensive thing. The extra money will go for a printer cartridge and some paper.

The Army Of Good is getting pretty powerful, it might just be unstoppable. Everything is a gift, even turmoil and unease. We don’t argue about what is good, we do good.

I told the residents – they were nervous approaching me – that I was grateful to them, in Julie’s work a good printer is not an option but a necessity. In any case, we have what we need here in this case, thanks so much.