Alva Review-Courier -

I would like to start here with a song from Anne Murray, “I sure could use a little good news today.” We hear so often about people who do a completely selfless act but how often do we get to say we know that person?

I joined a pilates class here in town several months ago and began talking to a few of the ladies in my class. They were talking about another woman who had been out of class for a few months after donating a kidney to a man here in Alva.

I thought to myself, “Why have I not heard a word about this, and why is it not in big bold print in our local newspaper?” This was a woman who...