She Answered a Stranger’s Nextdoor App Plea—What Followed Sparked Miracles and Lifelong Friendships
After spotting a desperate Nextdoor post, one retiree’s yes led to healing, hope and friendship
When retiree Lyn Story spotted a plea on the Nextdoor app, she never imagined giving a ride would change lives and start a ripple of kindness! Here, she shares her story with Woman’s World.
Lyn Story was relaxing in her Fort Worth living room, scrolling through the Nextdoor app, when a post stopped her cold.
I’m so scared. I don’t know what to do. The writer, 46- year-old Apryl Goodwin, had just been diagnosed with Stage 3 uterine cancer. My mom has Alzheimer’s and my dad can’t leave her alone — even to drive me to appointments.
“That poor woman,” Lyn murmured. Retired, with time on her hands, she thought, I can help!
Apryl was startled when she received a message from a stranger offering her a ride. Unsure, she replied, “Can we meet first?” When Lyn arrived, she wrapped the fragile woman in a gentle hug. “I’m a hugger,” Lyn said — and Apryl’s fears disappeared.
For months, Lyn shuttled Apryl to chemo and radiation, waiting in the lobby or heading home until she’d call.
Apryl grew weak with each visit, but Lyn filled the drives with laughter and conversation. Slowly, Apryl improved, and after 30 rounds of radiation, there were no signs of cancer.
“I couldn’t have done it without you,” Apryl told her. But Lyn wasn’t done helping.
The next day, she answered another Nextdoor post — this one from a woman whose legally blind husband, Kevin Horrigan, needed rides to work. “No problem,” Lyn wrote back, setting her alarm for before dawn. She began driving Kevin, and months later, when he was diagnosed with cancer too, Lyn took him to his appointments. “You are a Godsend,” he told her.
Kevin was so grateful that he contacted a TV reporter, and soon Lyn’s acts of kindness became a national story. When car dealership owner in Philly, David Kelleher saw the report, he felt compelled to help. The reporter accompanied Lyn to a local dealership where David had arranged for her worn-out car to be repaired.
“We got it running good as new,” David said when she returned later. But the car he pointed to was a brand-new Jeep Challenger.
“That’s not my car,” Lyn said, stunned.
“It is now,” David replied, handing her the keys and covering the taxes, insurance and an extended warranty.
Today, Lyn still drives Kevin to work and to his appointments in her Jeep. She keeps an eye on Nextdoor for anyone else who might need a ride. Apryl, now in remission for two years, still meets Lyn for lunch and shopping. “She was my guardian angel. Now she’s my friend,” Apryl says.
Lyn insists she’s the lucky one. “It’s a special kind of joy when you get to help someone. God gave me that opportunity — and wonderful new friends.”
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