Iva

Today there was a message on my phone at work from an elderly woman identifying herself as Iva.
She said she was at Mercy Hospital and was looking our her window on Saturday. She saw "the most beautiful rainbow" she has ever seen, and it was over the East Dubuque bridge. She wondered if anybody at the newspaper had gotten a photo of it.
Well, I called her later in the morning and told her that I didn't believe anybody had taken one because if they had, it would probably have been in the paper. She asked if I would check and told me about her injured back.
"I sure would like to have a photo of that rainbow," she said.
When I got off the phone, I asked around and photographer Jessica Reilly said she thought staffer Erik Hogstrom had taken a photo of it and put it on Facebook. I talked with Erik and his photo was from a different vantage point, but it did get the rainbow. He and Jessica helped work it out to where we produced a glossy photo for Iva.
After work, I dropped it off at the Mercy front desk, and the little old lady behind it smiled and said she'd make sure Iva got it. Just thinking about her reaction made me feel very good.
I thank God for inspiring me to make the extra effort on behalf of my fellow human being.