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BoroTiger
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(71.228.163.117) on 12/25/2015 - 12:31 p.m. says: ( 53 views
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"A lesson from my children"
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This is a little long, but I am so proud of my knuckleheads
Yesterday we were doing a little cleaning and took some stuff to Goodwill. I had my 9 and 11 year old boys with me and the conversation turned to those less fortunate than us and how they would fare this holiday season. As we talked, a plan to go to a local grocery store and pay for someone's groceries came about. I asked them how much we should give / spend and they came up with a number - I headed to the ATM machine and got twice that much and gave it to each of them, and Operation Christmas Giving began.
Thinking this would be quick, we headed to a local low cost grocery store and begin to watch people. I soon realized that my boys are sharper than I give them credit. As we watched people it became clear that if they were buying unneeded items they were disqualified(they classify beer as an unneeded expense - need to work on that). We spent 30 minutes in this place and nobody met their criteria. So we headed to hell...I mean WalMart. We found a couple of potential targets, one a pregnant lady with a small child, and another mother buying diapers and formula. Both washed out, and the second one did so because she had a venti Starbucks. My older son informed his little brother the Starbucks was a costly drink, at which point the younger one said "well she's out". I am now beginning to feel like Willy Wonka....good Lord, we can't give away money! We ran out of time after hitting a local dollar store and still had not paid anyone's bill.
We went to Christmas Eve service at our church then with Mom joining us, we headed to a grocery store in an area of town that we knew would be "target rich". Again we began to observe folks.
It was not long before my oldest identified an older lady making her way through the store, shopping frugally and placing very little in her cart. My youngest had found a couple with 5 kids, all looking dirty and tattered. We observed the husband going to the meat department and asking for the biggest, cheapest roast he could get, the store was closing soon but the butcher went back, found something and brought it out. After much discussion with his wife, they put the roast in the cart.
When the older lady finally arrived at the register, my oldest son stepped in and asked if he could buy her groceries? She replied that she was doing OK, and he did not have too, he said "but I want too". She then asked why and he replied "because it is almost Christmas". She began to cry and said yes...he paid the cashier and wished the lady a Merry Christmas.
Meanwhile my youngest has now stepped in front of the family as they are about to pay and tells them he would like to buy their groceries. The man at first is speechless and shakes his head no, I then told him it was fine - the boy wants to. My youngest pays and the man on the verge of tears mouths "thank you" and my son simply says Merry Christmas.
As I type this, I am chocked up just recounting the whole scene. We have a new tradition in our house, one that I pray will never end. All because two young men care about their fellow man. I love my boys.
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