An Unexpected Gift of Spices from Grenada

--by magsue, posted Dec 20, 2010

Our office's cleaning lady went through a lot of difficulties last year. At one point, she had even been hospitalized two times.

So prior to Christmas, I bought her a box of cookies covered with chocolate, which I left on my desk with a note for her. The next day, I got a thank you note from her. A couple weeks later, I left her some specialty candies with a little note, and the next day, I got another thank you note from her. Afterward, we continued to go through these routines a few times.

Over the past month, she took vacation to go back home to Grenada. Two weeks ago, I took my own vacation and just returned to work yesterday. As I was walking up the stairs feeling kind of sleepy and stressed because I knew I was going to be swamped with work, I walked to my desk and noticed there was a nice, transparent cellophane-wrapped half-coconut shell filled with different spices, with a little note from our lovely cleaning lady saying it was a gift for me.

I was stunned and got really excited as I opened it up to discover my treasure. There was ground cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, paprika, and saffron. When I gave her all those treats, I never really expected anything back from her, knowing that she had to work two jobs and struggled with some health issues. However, getting this surprise gift from her was extra-special and really made my day. Even though I was swamped, I was smiling all day long.

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Posted by magsue
Dec 20, 2010
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Bluebell wrote: Thank you very much for sharing your lovely story. Love and Light, Bluebell

DriftOff2Dream wrote: Great story! =0)

iferlamb wrote: How awesome! The Universe always returns your gifts to you. How lovely, the spices sound so nice! Thank you so much for sharing your story.
smiles...

unknown wrote: When you give love, even a bit, any soul knows to reciprocate ... be it to you or in some other way to some other person ... a great victory to our kindness ... thanks so much for sharing, lovely post :)

Aurelia wrote: That's great! The little surprises in life are often the best! It's nice to know that when we are kind it inspires others to be kind also.
Smiles are Contagious! :0) Aurelia

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That is wonderful! The smallest things make the biggest difference! :)

JuneBug wrote: MM-M-M-M-M !!! I can smell that wonderful aroma now !!! What a nice thing for her to do !! You are just as kind. Her gift was your reflection ! :)

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