She dressed with simple elegance, spoke in calm measured tones, and looked at people as if she truly saw them instead of judging them from a distance, and although she had wealth she never used it to humiliate anyone or prove a point.
I met her while repairing a broken fence at a property she had recently purchased on the outskirts of town, and when I burned my hand on the welding torch and everyone nearby laughed at my clumsiness, she was the only one who walked over with water, ointment, and a steady kindness that caught me off guard.
From that moment she treated me differently than anyone else ever had, and she began lending me books about business and personal growth that I struggled to understand at first but refused to give up on.
