When Baltimore resident Kim Morton received a text message from longtime neighbour Matt Riggs to come outside last Christmas, she thought it was an invitation to enjoy the snowfall.
But when she stepped outside with her daughter, she was welcomed with a box of homemade cookies and a gift that literally lit up her world.
“[Riggs] had strung some lights from his house to ours,” she told The Current. “We have some pretty tall trees in between our row houses that he had threaded them through…. It was just wonderful to see.”
It was such a difficult year, and I
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