Good Man

One of the many things that I admire about Mark is his kindness and compassion. I will never forget the day we went downtown to celebrate our anniversary last August.  We were walking around downtown Toronto, killing time before our couples' massage. We were talking, rounding the corner near the Hockey Hall of Fame, when he stopped suddenly and turned to a woman walking beside him.  He asked her if she needed help.  She was carrying bags of groceries and she was accompanied by her two sons, one of whom had an arm in a cast.  She said she was fine but Mark told her that he had noticed her struggling for a block. He took her grocery bags from her and she revealed that she was lost and looking for her hotel.  While I tried to help her figure out how far away her hotel was, Mark hailed a cab, asked the cab driver how much it would cost to get to the location that this woman was trying to get to and then handed the cab driver a $20 bill. This woman was shocked and protested but Mark insisted and placed her bags of groceries into the cab.  She gave Mark a hug and thanked him.The cab driver told me that I had a good man and I told him that I knew that I did. 

I cannot express how much I admired him at that point, how proud I was of him and how amazed I was that I was with someone like him.  I thought I knew everything there was to know about him and yet he still surprised me!  It made me realize how good of a man Mark really is. He noticed this woman struggling amongst a crowd of pedestrians, and he helped in a way that most people would not even consider doing. Most people nowadays are so wrapped up in their own world that they fail to see the struggles of others, especially strangers walking among them.  But Mark noticed and took action.

He is truly an amazing, kind and compassionate person.  And my love for him grew exponentially that day.