(January 25, 2017 at 4:58 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: We're very low on grocery money this month, and we just ran into three very kind people. First an old man gave us two dozen steaks and three gallons of apple juice because he bought too much for a family dinner. Then a trucker said a bunch of perfectly good pork roasts were going to be tossed because of some sort of filing error, and GFS didn't need the order. So he was just giving away meat. And we have nearly 300lbs of roasts in our deep freezer! And on top of it all a vender at the famer's market grew a surplus in eggplant and they weren't selling well because they were too small. Now we have a giant crate of eggplant. Mom is calling everyone and telling them we met angels. (Insert eye roll here) And while my eyes are a little round at this, it's totally just weird and people are simply better than we think they are some times. Today was weird
I'm grateful, that you had people there who could help in a time of need.
I remember when I was in Pittsburgh going to school, and having a bad day/week. I worked two jobs, in addition to going to school. Didn't have a car, so I had about a 30-40 minute walk to the mall, for one of my jobs and supplies. There was a shortcut, where I could walk down the highway ramp, and climb over a hill, to get into the back of my apartments. The one weekend it started raining as I was trudging back from the grocery store. Normally not a big deal, but this day, it just added to my mood. I still remember as I was just about to the exit of the mall, a lady stopped and offered me a ride. I said thanks and declined, but she was persistent, and even pointing out that she had her kids in the back of the mini-van, that she just wanted to help. The rain wasn't bad enough yet, that I couldn't scurry up over the hill and take the shortcut. And as I look back, my mood must have been showing in my body language and face more than I realized. I didn't take the ride, but the gesture, meant a lot to me that day; It was really what I needed at the time.
