That's pretty awesome! I just want to tell you all a story that happened to me last year.
I went to our local discount grocery store last year with my youngest. It was a day like every other day. I got in line after shopping and I was like the 6th or 7th in line. A older gentleman comes up behind me and only has like 4 loaves of bread. I tell him he can go in front of me. "Are you sure?" he says as he looks at me and my youngest and my load of groceries. And I say, "Yes!"
Well it turns out that he somehow knew the lady in front of me and they gibber gabbered the whole time. "How's so and so? How's the family?" You get it.
Well-I get up to the end and I'm about to pay.....the cash regester lady says...."There was this lady earlier that wanted to pay for part of the 'young mom with the child' -'s groceries. And I looked around and I was the only mom in the store at the time. And this nice woman paid for $20.00 of my groceries. Now mind you, I had never met that woman before in my life. I was in awe that this could happen. She didn't know who I was or what my lifestyle was or anything. For all she could of known, I was a banker's wife. I'm not, but....we're not hard up either. I just try to save a buck wherever I can.
So I go out to the parking lot and I'm walking to my truck and the woman pulls up and says, "I hope you weren't offened. I have a grandson that lives far away and I don't get to see him very often." And I say, "That was you? That was the nicest thing that anyone has ever done for me." And at this point were both crying.....So I thanked her and we both went on our ways.
I then went to our local regular grocer because the other store just doesn't carry everything that we need. And I do my shopping and I'm in line, ready to pay, and I try to always go to the same lady. She's really cool and I love talking with her and I tell her what had just happened. And she says, "Well-I'm going to double wammy you." And I say "What?" And she says "Wait here." Goes and talks to the costumer service girl and comes back a minute later and says, "There's this older lady who lives around here and she buys up these gift cards and tells us to give them to people that we think deserve them." She ends up giving me $50.00 in gift cards. I was completely in shock! I have lived in this town most of my life and NO ONE has ever done something like that to me.
I love the movie Pay It Forward and had just watched it like a week before all this. I knew that I wanted to do something for someone else. I may not be hard up, but I don't have money to throw around either. So I thought what I could do. I called our church and asked if there was anyone in need of baby blankets or coats or jackets or mittens. It was right around Thanksgiving last year. Our church took the blankets but had no need of the rests. At this time, there waas not a 'Coats for Kids' drop off.
I go to the grocery store the next week and what is right at the front door?????Coats for Kids drop off. I gave 15 winter jackets, some snow pants, hats and mittens, anything my kids had out grown. All REALLY nice stuff. I felt so good doing that. So I thought to myself, I still have to give something else.
About 6 months goes by and I'm at the discount grocery store again and I am loading up my truck and this woman is looking all around and under vehicals. And I say "Did you loose something?" She had lost her keys and was on vacation. She was staying at the RV camp and no one else was there at the time so I offered her a ride. She excepts and says "That would have been a long walk back." It's about 5 miles to where she was staying.
P.s. I don't want anything. I truely believe that anyone can make a difference. Even if you don't think it will do any good. Thanks for reading this very long story.
