I don’t have family nearby. My husband passed three years ago. My daughter lives in Seattle. When I was diagnosed last fall, I figured I’d just take taxis to treatment. But last week, my regular driver cancelled an hour before my appointment. I was stuck. I didn’t know what to do. So I posted on the app, embarrassed, asking if anyone could give me a ride to the hospital.
Within two hours, I had 14 offers. Fourteen. People I’d never met. One woman rearranged her whole morning. A retired teacher offered to drive me every week. A young man said his mother had cancer too and he understood. I ended up going with Linda from Birch Street. She waited in the parking lot the whole time and drove me home. She even brought me soup the next day. I’ve lived here 20 years and never knew how…..