 This article was posted on Facebook today. It's subject is a man named Brendan O'Connor, a local business owner who has made a positive impact on our community, a family man who is battling cancer. I don't know Brendan personally, but I've always been impressed with his place, Big Guys Sausage Stand, with the workers, with the food, with Brendan's involvement in many events and causes. Big Guys, as well as the Big Guy himself, is a local favorite. What turned this story into a positive experience for me is the Berwyn response to Brendan's current situation. Almost immediately, the board was filled with ideas of support. It started out with a simple, "Let's set a day when we all buy our meals at Big Guys." With that, others piped in, "We can have a support event down the street and have Big Guys cater it," "if we do a fundraiser raffle, count me in for..." It brought me back to my sons' grade school days when a family experienced a life-changing event. Dinner sign-ups were created whenever there was a birth or death or illness or job loss. Babysitting schedules, carpools, tuition assistance, prayer services—people got involved and organized no matter their hectic lives. It's what communities do. This is the kind of world I live in; this is the humanity I see every day, and I'm proud to be a part of it all. Brendan, you are in my prayers, and Berwyn, you make me smile!
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