People in Southeast Washington are still pretty cautious about mingling. I have noticed I have come pretty close to running the battery down in my phone a couple of times. There’s something about hearing a friends voice, rather than a few short sentences in a text or email, can brighten a day!
I was at the grocery store shortly after 7 a. m. Sunday to get my supplies for the next two weeks. No, I do not enjoy grocery shopping any more. By the time I fill the cart, unload the groceries at the checkout, load them in the car, and unload them at home, and put them away, parts of my body starts “talking” to me. Yes, the clerk always asks if I need help to the car, but I still load them a certain way, arranging the frozen things so they will be the first things I unload at home, so I can take my time unloading the rest. Sometimes this will be done much later or even the next day. Paper goods have been known to be forgotten in the car until I run out of the supply in the house.
I try to park next to the place where the empty carts go and usually no one else has parked in the area. When I got back to the car, I admired the new van parked next to me. I had part of my groceries loaded in the back seat and turned to put the rest of them in the trunk and this nice young lady came around the van and proceeded to help me. I was so startled and yes, grateful. It happened so quickly, I’m not sure I even thanked her. I did advise her to back out first, as my backing up skills, especially around pickups and vans are limited. It was a beautiful van, after all, and I didn’t want to make that first scratch! She will never know how much better my day was after her 30 second act of kindness. Just think. Thirty seconds to make someone else’s day better. I am grateful to her for this reminder.
-Jean Borgeson