Monday, December 8, 2008

Quick Story

Daley and I went to the bank last Friday evening to get out some cash. As we walked out of the bank, a middle aged (Russian I think) man stopped us. "Excuse me," he said, "I hope I don't offend you but are you pregnant." I said that I was, of course I was a bit puzzled why he would ask. I assumed he had a pearl of wisdom that people seem to like to give when you are pregnant. Instead he hands me an envelope and says, "Here is a gift." Daley tells him, "Well thank you but that is ok" and starts to hand it back. The man says "No no, its a gift" and walks off. We stand there puzzled for a minute then walk to our car. When we get inside I open the envelope and there is $100 inside. What an amazingly generous man! I wish I knew who he was so I could properly thank him. I guess the only way to truly thank him is that when we are in a position where we have extra funds, then we will continue the trend of charity! Just wanted to share this goodwill story since sometimes it is easy to wonder where all the humanity in the world went.

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