Monday, February 16, 2009

A Kind Stranger

This afternoon Jeff and I took the kids to our favorite little candy shop. Jeff gives them each a dollar and they spend ALOT of time deciding on the perfect mix for the day. As the kids were wandering around trying to decide what they wanted, Alyssa suddenly came up to me and said "A man just came up to me and put this in my hand." and she showed me a dollar. As I looked around to figure out what was going on, a man looked me in the eye, put his hand to his lips and whispered "Shhhhhhh", and then walked away. Alyssa's eyes were sparkling as she realized that she just got another dollar to spend! But, I think that the man's eyes were sparkling even more as he saw Alyssa's delight in his unexpected gift! There are so many good, good people in the world! A dollar probably seemed so insignificant to this man, but the joy that he gave a child in a candy store was priceless! Thank you, stranger, for sharing with us a bit of your light today! (Alyssa shared her dollar with Tyler without even thinking twice about it. She is just as generous!)

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