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Stepping Up

The Wildcard Round! Tell us about a time when something that has basically always been a detriment to you turned out to be really useful.

R's friends can be a royal pain in my butt. I get annoyed easily when they all sit around speaking Arabic and exclude me. This happens so often I've learned how to tune out, or play games on my phone until I get to go home. Nothing shocked me more than when R's brother passed away in April 2015. R didn't even want to call and tell them, but I had already done it on my drive to work because I thought he was going to need his friends around.

Not only did they come around and let others know of his loss, but they stepped up in a big way. I had no idea how things should go. If it's a Catholic funeral, I know all about that stuff. But Islam? I mean I've been to houses to pay my respects before, but no clue how to go about things. So his friends took over. They brought chairs, and tables, helped rearrange the house, a large coffee machine, the date cookies that are given out, etc. They made it so easy for me. I couldn't even believe it. I've never been more thankful for them stepping in to help. On the third day, they even brought R's closest friends over, ordered take out and we all ate together.

It was pretty incredible. I realize that I may not always get along with them, and that their quirks can annoy me, but when big events are happening, they are there to with lots of support, which is really important.

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