i just had to post today and share what happened to me yeterday. I was looking for space organizers, glasses,spoons and Blistex, but instead I found a little boy who lost his mom. He couldn’t have been any older than four or five. So I went up to him and asked him if he knew his mom’s name. He told me her name and I told him he would be okay we would find her and he took my hand. We walked to the customer service desk and they announced lost mommy over the intercom. I waited with the little boy until his mom came and went back to my shopping. I cried which came as a surprise at the time;however, it didn’t take long before I realized the reason for the tears. I thought about my boys and how that could have been them. I over heard the mom ask the boy why he had lost her and he said because he was watching a video game. They talked about it and as I walked away she scooped him up in her arms as he cried softly. I remember when Justin took some candy from the store and I had him apologize to the clerk. He was crying too. He never did take anything from a store without asking again and I believe that little boy,at least I hope, never lets his mom out of his sight again.
The other thought I had was he and his mom were foutunate to have had someone like me find him and not some sicko. The thought just makes me shudder. He was so trusting and would have taken anyone’s hand. I am so glad he took mine.
That trip I found only Blistex and I remembered I needed something for my misquito bites. On my way out of the parking lot there was a woman who needed help because her car had broke down, but I didn’t help her because I didn’t have what she needed and I was alone. I came back to walmart a second time because they had the best deals on the spoons and glasses and she wasn’t there so someone else helped her. The experience with the little boy made me more aware of others who need help.I want more of that because despite the tears I was happy that this boy and his mom had a “happy ending” and it was because I was part of it.
I still didn’t get the storage items and they were what I wanted the most.Oh, well their happy ending was worth it.