{"id":5402,"date":"2024-10-29T14:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:07:36","slug":"boy-promises-to-water-old-ladys-plants-after-she-moves-to-nursing-home-finds-note-left-in-soil-story-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/boy-promises-to-water-old-ladys-plants-after-she-moves-to-nursing-home-finds-note-left-in-soil-story-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy Promises to Water Old Lady\u2019s Plants after She Moves to Nursing Home, Finds Note Left in Soil \u2013 Story of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
When Daniel saw his older neighbor fighting with her son over her plants, he offered to help and volunteered to water her garden for her. Sometime later, he found a note buried in the soil that changed everything in the most surprising way.\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe you would ask that of me! I can\u2019t come here every day to water your plants! If you gave me the house, I would do it!\u201d Daniel heard someone shouting and stopped his bike in front of a pretty little house with a lovely garden. He knew that an older woman, Mrs. Carrino, lived there, but he had never talked to her, and he had no idea who was yelling.\n\n\n\n
Suddenly, Daniel saw a man exiting the house, still yelling, and the older woman was following him behind. \u201cArnold, I asked you to come and help me, and all you\u2019ve talked about is getting this house! Are you crazy? Do you want me to die so you can have my house?\u201d \n\n\n\n
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Daniel\u2019s eyebrows went up, and he thought he should leave, but he was rooted in place.\n\n\n\n
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Suddenly, the sound of metal crashing against each other made him flinch. \u201cWhat the \u2013\u201d\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re being a drama queen, mother. This house will go to me anyway. I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re giving me this attitude when I came to help you move!\u201d\n\n\n\n
\u201cLeave now if that\u2019s how you\u2019re going to act!\u201d Mrs. Carrino stated, which made Arnold stomp to his car and drive off in a huff. They were so engrossed in their fight that they didn\u2019t even notice Daniel standing there with his bike.\n\n\n\n
Finally, the older woman saw him. \u201cOh, boy. What are you doing here? Do I know you?\u201d she asked.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI live two houses down the street. I\u2019m Daniel, Caroline\u2019s son,\u201d he stated, pointing back to his house. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but I was biking around and heard the yelling. I got worried. Are you alright, Mrs. Carrino?\u201d \n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, I recognize you now, and it\u2019s so nice that you know my name. Don\u2019t worry about that. It was just my son being a brat,\u201d she explained.\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell\u2026 I\u2019m moving to a nursing home, and I asked him to come and help me. But he only came here to ask if I could give him the house. He said he was going to move in here. But I know he\u2019s just going to sell it because he doesn\u2019t value investment like I do. I worked hard to earn this place, and as long as I\u2019m alive, I\u2019m not selling it,\u201d Mrs. Carrino revealed. \u201cBut then he made a scene after I asked him to water my plants. And I believe you saw the rest of the fight.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI can do that,\u201d Daniel said, shrugging his shoulders. \n\n\n\n
\u201cI know. But I live so close. It\u2019s not a problem,\u201d Daniel insisted, and the older woman smiled brightly at him.\n\n\n\n
A few days later, Mrs. Carrino moved to a nearby nursing home in Florida, and Daniel kept his promise. He visited her home almost every day to water her plants and was happy to do so. Soon enough, he started to love gardening and would visit Mrs. Carrino to ask about adding some new plants.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u201cOf course! And make sure to watch out for the soil,\u201d she said, winking at him, although Daniel had no idea why she was acting cheeky.\n\n\n\n
Daniel began buying and adding new plants to the garden, thinking it would be great to start a gardening company in the future so his family wouldn\u2019t have to struggle so much. His mother worked two jobs on the weekdays and one on weekends to keep him and his siblings fed and to pay rent. But it was not enough.\n\n\n\n
He only had a bike because he had found an old one and had taken side gigs to repair it. But gardening gave him an escape from all those money worries, and he felt terrific after planting something new and seeing how it started to grow. He never expected what he would find in the garden one day.\n\n\n\n
He had gotten some azaleas, which he read thrived in the Florida weather, and had started digging with a tiny shovel on a specific spot of the grass. Suddenly, the sound of metal crashing against each other made him flinch. \u201cWhat the \u2013\u201d\n\n\n\n
Dropping the shovel, he used his hands to unearth a mason jar with a metal top and found a note inside.\n\n\n\n
\u201cDear Daniel! Thank you for your help, this house is now yours! Go inside and find all the paperwork. You and your family can move in whenever you want!\u201d\n\n\n\n
Daniel couldn\u2019t believe his eyes, but he rushed inside, using the key Mrs. Carrino left him. On the kitchen counter, he saw the title to the house. Although he couldn\u2019t understand what most of it said, he saw his name at the bottom.\n\n\n\n
Still in shock, he called Mrs. Carrino, who confirmed everything. \u201cYou\u2019re going to need to sign it to complete the transfer. But I wanted you to find the note first!\u201d Mrs. Carrino said.\n\n\n\n
His mother couldn\u2019t believe it. They could move into the house and stop paying rent. There was no mortgage either, which would help his family immensely. They were so grateful for the older woman\u2019s gift that his mother and other siblings started visiting her often, thinking of her as a grandmother.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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