""And the more turns I made, the more I got turned around," Klein said. "I drove and I drove and I drove in circles.""
""But I had honestly no idea where I was," Klein said. "And there was just nothing but desert around me. So I just had a good self-pity cry.""
""And I said, 'I'm okay,'" Klein recalled. "But I was lost and I couldn't find my way back to my house. And the woman got in the car with me and said, 'We're going to take you home, honey. My husband's going to follow us.'""
""I opened the door, and here was the same couple that I had met the night before with a picnic basket full of food," Klein recalled. "And they set up the table and brought out all their dishes. And they had green beans and mashed potatoes and beef and corn and just sat down and shared their Christmas dinner with me.""
Mary Klein moved to Phoenix in 1989 and was alone in a new city. On Christmas Eve she went to a movie and became disoriented driving home, eventually pulling over in the desert and crying. A couple stopped, checked that she was all right, and the woman rode with Klein while the husband followed, guiding her across town to her actual house. They entered her home, hugged her, left their phone number, and returned the next day with a picnic basket of food. They set the table, shared a full Christmas meal, helped clean up, and spent the afternoon chatting and keeping her company.
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