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This woman wakes up every morning to wave at a school bus. (Original Post)
demmiblue
Sep 2020
OP
Arkansas Granny
(31,513 posts)1. Sweet.
https://www.kcci.com/article/93-year-old-woman-who-waves-at-school-bus-every-day-gets-special-birthday-surprise/31506004#
93-year-old woman who waves at school bus every day gets special birthday surprise
KCCI
Updated: 10:01 PM CDT Mar 13, 2020
Sarah Muller
HARTLEY, Iowa
Bonnie Linder, of Hartley, steps out on her front porch every weekday morning to wave at the kids in the school bus that passes by.
On Sunday, Linder will be 93 years old. On Friday morning, she went out to give her daily wave when the kids on the school bus yelled back, "Happy birthday!"
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KCCI
Updated: 10:01 PM CDT Mar 13, 2020
Sarah Muller
HARTLEY, Iowa
Bonnie Linder, of Hartley, steps out on her front porch every weekday morning to wave at the kids in the school bus that passes by.
On Sunday, Linder will be 93 years old. On Friday morning, she went out to give her daily wave when the kids on the school bus yelled back, "Happy birthday!"
[...]
Olafjoy
(937 posts)3. I just love stuff like this.❤️❤️❤️❤️
StClone
(11,683 posts)4. Image screamed Iowa countryside-I was right
Hartley in NW Iowa! Bet this was last winter. In Iowa the farms have eaten up everything except the yards and basically everything is an island among seas of corn and soybeans with a smattering of other minor crops. Agricultural desert!
renate
(13,776 posts)5. 45 years later, I remember the older gentleman who sat by his window every morning and afternoon
To wave at the kids going to and from the elementary school a block away. What a sweetheart, and what a lovely memory to leave us with.
gristy
(10,667 posts)6. Oh, the things we have lost.
That was back in March. :|
Niagara
(7,589 posts)7. So sweet.
The world needs more of this.
hibbing
(10,095 posts)8. 100% high quality content n/t
Illumination
(2,458 posts)9. Cheap thrills!...
iluvtennis
(19,843 posts)10. Love it and all of the kids on the bus yelled Happy Birthday! nt