Last Monday Made Me Smile

I said that I'd write about some things that made my day during the week, this is one of them. (However, I'm not going to disclose names...not that it matters anyway).

There are a few customers who make my day when they come into the store; one being a gentleman in his late 40's who always buys a pound of Decaf Espresso every Monday night and his nightly triple grande latte around 9:30pm. Sometimes he lets his kids come along on his coffee run, Monday being one of those times. All of his kids are well mannered and it's evident that there is a lot of love in that family. His one daughter (the oldest maybe in 4th grade) is the cutest little button ever. His second oldest (maybe in second grade) yup...his sly smile reminded me of my brother when we were little. The youngest was maybe in kindergarten...cute kid.

"You guys keepin' Dad company tonight?" As if prompted to respond in one accord, "YES....," they said. "We were just at the grocery store...did you know that they give away free samples of cookies in the bakery sometimes?" Thinking of my brother, I chuckled and said, "Well when my brother and I were little, I used to ask him to get the cookie samples because I was too shy." Excitement filled their feet with nervous shuffling when the oldest asked with an inviting smile, "Well we could get you a cookie if you wanted." "Awe...that's sweet of you, but you don't have to do that," I responded thankfully. This evoked a couple random jump spirts of excitement from the two boys as the oldest said, "It's ok...maybe we could."

They left waving "bye" and smiling. I think their Dad was getting a kick out of this as much as I was. The excitement and joy from those silly kids warmed my heart. About 10 minutes later I hear a "Hey!" I looked up as she said, "We brought you a cookie!" offering the present with two hands in front of her....dang, it felt like someone just gave me the world.

"Aaaawwe...'no-way,'" I said surprisingly, through the most joyful smile I've had in a long time. "That's soooo sweet of you...awe." "I said I'd get one for you," she said with a smile. Her Dad was smiling too, only with pride; blessed to know about his daughter's giving heart. I thanked them again and waved goodbye as they left.

Even today, I still can't get over how awesome that was! I haven't felt like that in a long time! Being, by far, the most difficult week of school ever, I took that moment with open arms.