Donuts For My Young Friends

--by tepeterson, posted Jun 12, 2007

One cold winter morning I decided to run into the donut shop before I hopped on the bus to work. As I approached the shop, there were two young boys looking through the glass window. I'm not sure but I believe they were looking at the donuts and wishing they had money to purchase a gooey delight. As I passed them and opened the door to enter the shop I turned to them and said "Good morning". And guess what! They were polite and said "Good morning." So I asked "See something you want?" They sheepishly smiled but gave no answer. So I said "come on in and get something good." They looked at each other and decided I looked like someone's grandma so I was probably ok. They followed me in, we walked to the counter and I announced "I'd like a hot chocolate and my friends can have whatever they want."

The server in the shop smiled at my new friends and they smiled at him and I told my friends to ask for whatever they wanted. They said "I'll have what she's having." After we were all served and satisfied we all went our separate ways. Of course, they said thanks, but I still smile when I think of the gift of true gratitude.

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Posted by tepeterson
Jun 12, 2007
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Readers Comments

FREEhugsROCK wrote: what a great thing to do! I tried it once but people just look at me like I'm crazy so I just smile back. Oh well, the world we live in...

bhappy wrote: God Bless You for being so kind to those little boys.

brighteyes wrote: Loved your act of spontaneous kindness and friendship....thank you so much fo the story, the inspiration and your RAOAK....YOU have a GREAT DAY today!
Brighteyes ;)

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