Just a short blog post to relate something special that happened last night. Well it actually started last Christmas eve. Last night was just the culmination of what started back on Dec24th.

I have to work to supplement my Social Security as a lot of my fellow seniors do. I work at a small rural convenient store in southern Indiana, one of those nice little stores where you know just about everyone who walks through the door. You get to know their habits, likes and dislikes and any gossip going around. We have a crowd of folks who come in and socialize in our dinning room for hours on end. All that's missing is a cracker barrel and a potbellied stove

I was working at the store Christmas Eve when a young lady came in. She walked around the store, it was busy but there was something about her, the way she seemed to be waiting for something, so I noticed her from time to time around the store. When the traffic died down she came up to the counter and purchased something small, I don't remember what it was, and her change was 10 dollars and coin. When I went to give her the change she pushed it back to me and just asked me to "find someone who really needs it", then she left. I was speechless, nothing like that had ever happened to me before. I waited all that night to be able to help someone but nothing seemed to rise to occasion that I had imagined this lady had in mind, so I put it in an envelope and saved it.

Last night a lady came in the store. She had 20 dollars in cash and bought some gas. After she filled up she came back in and bought some snacks for some children she had in the van. She was making a trip with 4 children in her van. One little boy came in with me and he was a cute little handful. The lady came up to the register and had about 9 dollars in drinks and things for the kids but her card wasn't working and she was at her wits end. She had promised the children a snack and she'd put all her cash in the gas tank. As I looked across the counter, into this ladies eyes I saw that this was the time. So I took the money the lady had given me Christmas Eve and paid for her things. It was a good ending to a very frustrating week.

Pay it forward!