Random Acts of Kindness
My mind has been under the influence of the wack-o hormones that come with PMS and I've been off daydreaming a lot lately as a result. Last night I thought about a random incident of kindness that happened shortly after Geof was born.
When I became pregnant with Geof we didn't have insurance, so to get the best care for our son I signed up for pregnancy medicaid and along with that, WIC. One evening, Geof and I ventured out to the grocery store for formula....(a little aside here, in today's environment of constant criticisms I feel I must defend my choice to use formula, I've done that in the past so go read it here if your panties are in a wad)...I got the formula I needed and stood in line to present my voucher. I get up there only to find out that the vouchers I had weren't valid until the next day. I didn't have enough formula at home to make it to the next day and by then my boob juice was as dried up as the dunes of the Sahara, and no money. I panicked and started sobbing right there in line. Thank you postpartum hormones! I hate crying in front of people let alone perfect strangers. Luckily for me there was an angel in line behind me. Without hesitation she told the cashier to go ahead and ring up the formula and then she proceeded to pay for it! Formula is not cheap let alone about 4 cans of the stuff. Of course this sent me into even more fits of tears. I hugged her and thanked her repeatedly. I then walked out to my car to finish my crying session.
I haven't been back to that particular grocery store out of sheer embarrassment, but I think about that woman a lot. I'd love to have the opportunity to thank her again. I guess the moral of the story here is the power in a random act of kindness. I had other problems and issues going on at home and in my life that made that act of kindness seem almost like a lifesaver. I've wondered if that lady saw herself in me, or if she just wanted to make the crazy new mom stop crying! At any rate, I'm very grateful and thankful for her. If we all did a little something nice for a stranger, I think the world would be a much more awesome place to live.
When I became pregnant with Geof we didn't have insurance, so to get the best care for our son I signed up for pregnancy medicaid and along with that, WIC. One evening, Geof and I ventured out to the grocery store for formula....(a little aside here, in today's environment of constant criticisms I feel I must defend my choice to use formula, I've done that in the past so go read it here if your panties are in a wad)...I got the formula I needed and stood in line to present my voucher. I get up there only to find out that the vouchers I had weren't valid until the next day. I didn't have enough formula at home to make it to the next day and by then my boob juice was as dried up as the dunes of the Sahara, and no money. I panicked and started sobbing right there in line. Thank you postpartum hormones! I hate crying in front of people let alone perfect strangers. Luckily for me there was an angel in line behind me. Without hesitation she told the cashier to go ahead and ring up the formula and then she proceeded to pay for it! Formula is not cheap let alone about 4 cans of the stuff. Of course this sent me into even more fits of tears. I hugged her and thanked her repeatedly. I then walked out to my car to finish my crying session.
I haven't been back to that particular grocery store out of sheer embarrassment, but I think about that woman a lot. I'd love to have the opportunity to thank her again. I guess the moral of the story here is the power in a random act of kindness. I had other problems and issues going on at home and in my life that made that act of kindness seem almost like a lifesaver. I've wondered if that lady saw herself in me, or if she just wanted to make the crazy new mom stop crying! At any rate, I'm very grateful and thankful for her. If we all did a little something nice for a stranger, I think the world would be a much more awesome place to live.
so said Mandi @ 7:34 AM
1 Comments:
Agreed! I used formula too, BTW
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