I have a cousin who is ill, l”a. He has been hospitalized for a long time, and someone needs to be near him 24 hours a day. There are not enough family members to take over for the parents, and it is hard to find volunteers to stay with the child.
One day the child’s mother got a call from a friend she hadn’t spoken with in many years. There is no special connection between them. They started speaking a bit, and after two minutes her friend apologized, explaining that she had called by mistake, and they ended the call.
This friend often volunteers to stay with ill patients. The child’s mother now remembered this detail, and she recalled that in the past she had remembered her but had not had the time to look for the woman’s number. Now she called her back and said, “You though you called by mistake? Really not! I am desperately looking for someone to volunteer to stay with my son in the hospital.”
And indeed, this friend became a good messenger from Hashem, and on that very day she came and stayed with him for twelve hours!
