This week not only did I procrastinate, but I sort of forgot all about our project. About Wednesday, the thought crept into my mind that we had not yet decided what this week's act of kindness would be. I pushed the thought aside, as we were in the midst of sports practices, Bible Club, schoolwork, party planning, and upcoming tournaments and games - all in one week, and thankfully no Cub Scouts this week as well.
So today, the last day of the week, after supper, when it is already past bedtime for our boys, we piled into the Tahoe for our act of kindness (and pick up snacks for our little Super Bowl party).
We decided on giving it to the cashier after a family vote of 3 to 2. If the vote had gone the other way, we may have had to go walking through the store to find someone to give a Walmart card to - there was no one behind us in line on a slow Saturday night.
At Walmart, we picked up our favorites for the big game tomorrow - cheese sticks, pizza, chicken fingers, nachos and dip, Reese's Pieces, and ingredients to make chicken dip, brownies, and peanut butter Rice Krispie squares.
The boys chose checkout lane 12. All lanes were void of lines, so we walked up and unloaded our wagon. I held onto the Sonic card so the boys wouldn't give the cashier the card prematurely. The cashier was a younger girl with bright red lipstick. She looked tired - maybe she was getting to go home soon?After she handed us our receipt, I let our 6 year old give her the card. He didn't say a word as he gave it to her. "Is there anything on this?" she asked.
I replied that there was as we walked away.
"Do you want this back?" she said.
We kept walking. "No," I answered as I shook my head. "It's for you."
Her eyes were big and round when I turned to catch up to the boys. I think we succeeded tonight!
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