Recently Rita and her family have moved into a new house. It was nice and had beautiful views. That day they came, their neighbors came to welcomed them. There in the outside was a piano and seeing that they asked if we were musicians. She replied that they were not but her husband was a famous music teacher. All of the neighbors were nice and kind.
But this was for one family. Rita had another neighbor. An old lady. She was not like the previous family. She was lonely and quite strange to Rita.
One morning Rita was no her yard and that time she saw the old lady. She was kind and so said hi to her. But this old lady never even said a hello back to her. She left the place in a hurry instead. This was unusual and Rita got amazed.
That day she went to her another neighbors who welcomed them. Rita asked her that why that old lady was so detached. Her neighbor replied that they were all new neighbors there. But as she had heard she was a bit out of her mind.
Many years ago the old woman's husband and her only daughter was on a plane. And while its journey it crashed and all the passenger died including her husband and daughter. The old lady herself didn't fly with them because she was facing some health problems.
And the terrible news arrived. But she refused to believe it from that time on. She cried and cried days after days. And after this she never let anyone in the house again. She never opened her door for anyone.
Since then Rita had often seen the old lady on the street. She was passing the same direction as her. The old lady looked quite dirty and weak. It seemed like she needed help and support. But Rita was passing by in a speed as she was in a hurry and didn't speak with her.
And suddenly she heard the lady singing some kind of melody. Rita's grandmother used to sing the same tune and so she knew it. She stepped back and began to sing along with her. The old lady looked at her and smiled for a while. But soon she accelerated her steps and went home.
The next day, Rita knocked on her door. She thought the music record with the melody she was singing the previous day would be the best gift for her and so Rita bought it. She told her that. She knew the lady was home, but didn't let her in. Instead of opening the door, she removed the curtain of the window and looked at her silently.
Then Rita noticed something! There was a moon-shaped ring on her finger. And at home, she accidentally saw the same ring on the LP cover. She couldn't believe her eyes. The old lady was none but the famous musician Luna Davis on the cover!
The next morning, Rita went to see the lady again with the record. She knocked the door and addressing the old lady as Mrs. Davis Rita told her that she knew who the old lady was. She requested her to let her in. She also told her that she just wanted to be her friend. But the only answer was silence.
Rita got disappointed and was about to leave. But suddenly the door opened and it was Luna standing in front of her. She invited Luna inside. She also warned her that she might get fainted by seeing the inside.
Luna thought that some great thing was inside the room and so she walked happily through the door. And she was shocked and saddened by what she saw. The floor and the surfaces of the house was covered with dust and mold. All the furniture, just like the old lady's clothes, were ragged and smelled bad. Her bedsheets were dirty and full of holes.
The old lady begged sorry from her for this. Because of sick joints joints, she was not able to clean or even get in the bathroom by herself. And so she couldn't have washed properly in 13 years. Rita felt sorry for her and asked why she didn't let social services help you. She told that they would send her to a nursing home while she was waiting for her family to come back.
But they never did. And so she became the loner because she was ashamed that others would see what a famous singer had turned her house into. She felt this inside her and never called anyone to help her and let anybody in.
Later that day, Rita along with her daughters took everything needed to clean the house. They were mopping, arranging, removing, brooming and many other staffs. They worked the whole day and finally the house was cleaned again.
Rita also posted a story of her lady without her real name. And she got response. People quickly helped to turn her home into a cosy one. The house was again full of furniture and was furnished well. The old lady became herself again.
Soon, Rita's family became very close to the lady. Her girls even started to call her grandma as they had no grandma left. Luna was also happy with this. They knitted together, played and did everything a grandma does with her grandchildren.
The only thing Rita couldn't get from Luna was to hear her singing. Whenever she requested her to sing she refused telling that she always sang only when she was happy. Rita got upset.
But once in Rita's birthday, Luna suddenly went to Rita's husband. She told him to sit and play the piano for her. Then she slowly go to the ladies and told them that she wanted to sing for them. It was because they had become Luna's guardian angel and brought not only joy and meaning but also family back in her life.
Never stop doing little things for other. Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.
