Column: A kind gesture can change everything

In my line of work, I’m always dealing with deadlines.

While the weekly paper is distributed on Tuesday afternoons or Wednesday mornings, I always need to make sure to meet the printer’s deadline, which usually means wrapping up all the copies early Sunday morning so I can build the paper.

I’m not quite as efficient at meeting deadlines in my personal life, so I scrambled on Christmas Eve to get a few last-minute gifts.

As a small business owner, I understand the importance of shopping locally, so I did some down-to-the-wire shopping in Three Forks. However, for my cats, I needed to venture in...