Feeling like more than just part of the crowd

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.” — Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat. I met Carlton and Martha McAlister in 1969 and remember fondly being in and out of their house frequently that summer. Back then, few of us growing up on the south side of Mount Pleasant in…