When the Proverbial 'little people' are NOT Forgotten

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Sometimes it seems that with corporations and companies, the 'little person' gets left behind. The CEO gets a raise while 6 clerks lose their jobs because of it. Well, I am glad to post about something that perhaps you have already heard about, but then again, maybe not. This year a Double A baseball player for the Tulsa Drillers (a team that is a minor league team for the MLB Colorado Rockies), got hit in the neck with a line drive baseball, and instantly died. He left behind two children (3 & 5) and a pregnant wife. Yes, he was a baseball player, but Double A ball is really nothing significant in money. I know a guy who used to be in Double A before leaving it to get a job that paid MORE money. So those guys in the minors play baseball for the love of it, and with the hope they can make it 'big' for their families. Well, of course his wife had life insurance on him, but with two kids and one on the way, can you imagine how uncertain your life would be? Well just this past week the Colorado Rockies got into the playoffs. And all the players, just the players, voted to give a FULL share of playoff bonus money to the widow of the killed minor leaguer. Let me tell you, this is such a class act. The man who was killed had never been up to the big leagues, and in no way were they required to give money to anyone but the players who actually played on the current team. And all those guys just wanted to make sure she knew her husband was not forgotten, and neither would she or kids be forgotten. In fact her two sons threw out the first pitch last night for the playoff game. She couldn't come because she is at the end of her pregnancy, but you just know her heart was touched. Money cannot fix everything, but I don't think the money was the point. It was the outpouring of love and support that was given to a woman who didn't expect anything, but got a whole lot more than she ever imagined. And this IS a discussion, so I would like to hear more stories like this. Of people or companies taking care of people and situations that they do only out of their hearts, and their desire to make this world better. Where caring trumps money every time. : )