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A bag of kindness


--by raqui, posted Mar 6, 2007

Shopping is a chore, bagging the food is even worse. I personally have a system.  My daughter would grab an empty cart and start to make double bags to put the food in.

By the time the food was paid for and I was ready to bag my food, we would have a giant pile of double bags which we always used up.

One day behind me were two elderly women.  As I was bagged my food, I noticed how hard it was one for the woman to pull money out of her wallet.  How was she going to bag her groceries?

I told my daughter to continue making double bags. Of course she looked at me like I was crazy because we had so many already.  But I told her to make more.

After bagging my things, I just continued to bag the groceries for the elderly ladies.  At first she said "Oh miss those are mine."  "I know,"   I told her  "Just giving you a hand."  She tried to give me a tip but I said.  "No, I dont work here.  Thank you anyway. "

Both ladies were very grateful.  They smiled and I smiled as I watched them walk away with their little shopping carts.

From then on I often made extra bags even for those who had no problem bagging their own food.  It is so much easier for people to bag food once the bags are prepared ahead of time.  People always smile and say thank you.

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Readers Comments

afriendlysmile wrote: Hi raqui

Great idea while putting smiles into shopping you are teaching your daughter caring and sharing.

afriendlysmile :)
MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: What a simple idea that makes a difference for the next person!
Hope4lisa wrote: Really sweet. I have such a heart for the elderly, (and I'm on my way to being one too!) and thank you for giving me an idea of how to help them in such small, simple ways.
God bless!
carol wrote: Love this story - it's the little things that can make a positive difference in a person's life. God bless you.
bhappy wrote: Awesome!!!
lukeyluke wrote: Very kind of you. If you do good deeds, good things will happen to you. God Bless You.
sheetal wrote: its truly the small acts of kindness that impact the universe... keep bagging...
metta
sheetal

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