Paying It Forward

For those of you who have contributed to the Double Wide Fund over the years, that warm, sunny glow you feel on your shoulders is the good karma generated by the taxi fare I just shelled out for a pregnant girl stranded in a bad neighborhood miles from home.

I couldn’t bring her anywhere but to the ED, cops couldn’t bring her anywhere but to jail, and all of her friends and family had apparently suffered simultaneous cell phone failures.

Of course, I could also be a $25 sucker, but weighed against the thought of what could potentially happen to the kid and her baby if I just walked away, seems like a small enough price to pay.