Thursday, October 22, 2009

A Random Act of Kindness.(Christmas Shoes)

Our family lives in Cleveland and goes to church in Athens. Our mother works up at the church two days of the week and we have church two days of the week so to drive up to the church four days of the week could be expensive, therefore, we spend the night every Sunday and Tuesday night after church and me and my sis Michele are bored all day the next day. Wednesday the pastors son decided to shoot the bow and arrows with us but it was cut short because his brother called and asked him to pick him up. Well, his son invited Michele and I to go with him and so we did. Michele didn't think that she would need her shoes so she left them at the church.

We went to the Athens Hospital where we were supposed to pick up Micah but it turns out that they were not there. They decided to drop Micah and Haven off at Walmart instead. So, John, Michele and I headed to walmart to pick them up there. When we got there John(of course) decided to go inside... Well, Michele had no shoes... I asked John if he had a pair of shoes for her to wear in his car so he popped the trunk and started digging for shoes, he was successful in finding three pairs of shoes, they all required socks, something Michele didn't have. So I gave her my shoes and was going to wear John's since I did have socks. As I was fighting to put on boots that went past my ankles I saw a pair of tennishoes drop on the floor in front of my face at my feet. My brow wrinkled, it hadn't been an accident, "Are you serious?!" I asked uncertain if they were for me. "Yes, I am serious, you may keep them." Said a kind voice from above and slightly behind me. "Your for real?" I asked just to double check. "Yes I am, keep them." She said once more. I hastened to put the shoes on.(I'm not one for getting my socks dirty, it upsets me.) By the time I had finished she had already left to her car. I turned to John who was equally shocked.

"That was mighty kind of her wasn't it?" Said John. "Yes it was... I wish she hadn't walked away so quickly I would have gave her a hug and thanked her propperly..." I said slightly dissapointed that she had left so quickly. "Well," said John "She's in the car over there if you still want to." My face instantly brightened. I turned to the car before running over to it and knocking on the door. When she opened the door she simply smiled. "Thank you so much for the shoes, they fit perfectly and everything!" I said as I gave her a hug. "It's no problem at all, your welcome." She said still smiling as Michele gave her a hug also(btw, she gave us both a pair of shoes kool right?). As she got in her car she didn't look back "Enjoy walmart" She called and then closed the door once more. John went on about how kind it was of her and I simply nodded my head in agreement.

For weeks now I have been talking about how badly I needed a new pair of tennishoes and now I have them. It was great.

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