She got the best of me.
Just some random lady walking into Subway in a little squirrely town up north.
She walked ahead of me, telling the fellow walking away, 'Be safe'. I asked, "Where does he work? Is it dangerous?"
"Nah, he just works at the liquor store. I just always say that to all my kids," and she holds the glass door open.
"No, you go ahead of me in the line, you were here first."
"No, that's alright go on ahead."
I quizzed the sandwich-maker about prices and sizes and placed my order.
She placed hers.
Waiting and talking, I asked where she worked. At the tomato canning factory she said. Then she asked if I lived in town.
"No, but I go to church here. Have all my life. Would you like to come?"
"What's the address?" and I tell her.
"I work 2 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday thru Sunday so I can't go to church with you."
"What do you do for fun?
"I sleep."
And I got a grin on my face.
"No, seriously," she says, "I sleep. I love it. It's my fun!" and I laughed out loud.
"What kind of cookie would you like? I'm gonna buy me a macadamia nut," I asked her. And before I could register what happened, quick as a darting dragonfly, she stuck a folded 20 in the cashier's hand!
"No, I was gonna buy you a cookie!"
She replied with a little smile, "Well, you talked to me. I liked talking to you."
What a surprising answer!
***
I could end the story there, but I felt really bad, she paid for my whole meal and I didn't even know her.
So, I asked her to follow me to my truck and showed her the two totes of small Christmas wreaths, and little poinsettia pots I'd just purchased from a marketplace seller.
"I'll give you one. Here, take one! What ever you want except this big swag, I'd like to keep it for the church."
And here's the God's-in-the-know surprise.
She took a very pretty one, medium sized wreath, still in it's original brand new box.
"I just put a wreath hanger on my door! I'm ready for this. Thank you," she said.
****
Wow, who knew
A God-wink!
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