Driving or walking around our city with my children has given me fair opportunity to show them, thanks to fellow residents, a plethora of examples of how not to behave.

But, today was different. Just around the corner from your offices near the Admiral Junction, we were witnesses to the better part of human nature.

We were in the turn lane facing west on Admiral Way, waiting to turn south onto California Avenue, when we noticed that there was a blind woman wandering into the street in front of the cleaners. We saw no fewer than four people attempt to get her back on the sidewalk, only to see her swing her cane at them and push them away. She began to wander into traffic heading eastbound on Admiral Way, basically halting all movement of cars as she wandered erratically.

I noticed that a few of the people she had rebuffed were calling on their cell phones, I assume reporting the matter to authorities. One gentleman, despite her attempts to push him away, stuck with her and got her back up on the sidewalk.

I don't know what happened after that as we were able to complete our turn by then, but the kids and I talked about how all those people had tried to do the right thing by that woman. I just want to thank all those fellow citizens who were good examples to my children of how we should look after our neighbors.

Amy Stoelinga

West Seattle