A couple days before the governor’s stay-at-home orders took effect, Diego Bonta and Angie Fryer and their two sons decided as a family that they wanted to buy some flowers for some of their close neighbors and friends.
They delivered the flowers to their Boulder neighbors’ front porches, on foot. Then they piled in the car and drove to a friend’s house in Longmont.
Their friends were thankful.
“We were so excited that we got this little gift,” said their friend, Catherine Powers. “It brightened our day. It really did make a difference. We’ve been cooped up inside and trying to figure out how to live our lives virtually. It was really nice to get a physical gift.”
The Bonta-Fryer family noticed during their delivery that Powers’ family had taped some artwork to the inside of their windows, facing the street. So when they came home, their boys did the same thing with the windows facing their street.
“You never know what kind of good ideas you’re going to get when you help somebody else,” said their son, Adrian Bonta, 8.
“I’m really grateful that there are more families that are trying to help their community,” added Olympia Samplonius-Powers, his 8-year-old friend in Longmont.
Adrian and Olympia don’t know when they’ll see each other again in class at University Hill Elementary School. But the flowers and artwork in their homes remind them of a helping spirit they share in common.
– Chris Barge
