Kim Kerswell backed into the car driven by Sherene Borr as
Kim left her job at the local Panera Bread store. As the women exchanged information, Kerswell
could not help but remark that the cost of the mishap came at a time when she
did not even know how she would provide her two children with a proper
Christmas.
When Borr asked Kerswell about her situation, Kim confessed
that it was her first Christmas as a single parent. According to the account given by Kerswell,
Borr began to cry. Sherene explained
that she had grown up in a single-parent household and knew how difficult that financial
situation could be.
After parting company, it did not take long for Sherene Borr
to decide what to do. Every year Sherene
and the members of her synagogue adopt a family for Christmas. She decided that this year while she and her
family are celebrating Hanukkah, she would make sure that Kim’s family has a Merry Christmas.
Sherene and her friends and fellow congregants have already purchased toys,
household supplies and gift cards for food and gas for the Kerswell family.
Sherene said, “I just feel very blessed and want to give
those things to other people.”
Kim feels that she not only received material goods from Sherene;
she believes that she has found a new friend.
The two women have promised to continue their relationship long after
the holidays have faded into the new year.
However, there is a price to be paid for accepting Sherene’s
generosity: someday, someway, Sherene would
like Kim to pay it forward. It is a
price that Kim is more than willing to pay for Sherene’s kindness and
generosity.
“I know things are going to get better and when they do, my
daughter and I and my son, we’re going to help another family,” Kim pledged.
Merry Christmas, Kim. Happy Hanukkah, Sherene.
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