1. Alec sipping forbidden squash from Godfather Timothy's glass.
2. This was my first evening helping with the cooking at the Tunbridge Wells Winter Shelter. We had five guests come in for a hot meal, a game of Scrabble and a safe, clean bed, and the Samaritans joined us. A police officer dropped by and while she was waiting for her coffee, she said: "I think you're all amazing for doing this." Personally, I think she's amazing for doing a job I couldn't; and it meant a lot that she took the time to drop in.
3. One of the guests played game after game of table tennis, casually trouncing all comers. By 10pm he had been recruited by the church's team.
4. She showed me the pictures on her camera, and said again: "It's my baby." Then "Will you look after it while I play?" and without waiting for an answer crossed the hall to take her turn at table tennis.
Every day I want to record three things that have given me pleasure. This 3BT site is the original Three Beautiful Things.
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