Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Kindness of Strangers


I meant to post this the night it happened, but here goes:

It all started with the gift card to Longhorn's Steakhouse that Shruti sent us for Christmas. Scott and I rarely go out to eat, other than fast food on occasion, and since we were down 2 kids we thought we'd go to Longhorn's last Saturday. We sit down in the entryway till our table is ready. While we are waiting, another couple comes in with a small child and sits to wait by us. The mother immediately asks about Meigan and I tell her we adopted her from China 3 months ago etc.. She tells me her and her husband would love to adopt, she's putting it in God's hands when the time is right and where from. We continue to converse until our table is ready.
They ended up right behind us, in fact. Meigan would flash them that sweet smile in between bites. They finished ahead of us and came over to our table to say goodbye and the mother slipped a piece of paper in my hand just saying God bless you and your family and then they left. I opened up the paper and it was a check for $100.00! Scott, the waiter, and I were all floored! Shruti, you sent a couple of angels with that card:) Our deepest thanks goes to that couple for their kindness and generousity.

4 comments:

C's Mom said...

How very kind....it is so wonderful when others take your breath away in such a kind way.

Anonymous said...

...and God continues to watch over you and touch you through others as you reach out and touch others. What a wonderful story and what wonderful people who cross your path and Meigan's.

Anonymous said...

Hi Stephanie! Wow...angels are everywhere... a very similar thing happened to us while dining at a favorite spot in Georgia...A young couple (like early 20's)who were dining next to us paid for our dinner!!! They never even said a word to us, our waiter came over and told us that our meal had been taken care of. Since this is a place where you can pay at the door, the couple were long gone before we could thank them....There is a lot of kindness out there. Hope to see you at CNY on sunday

Sarah

t~ said...

Wow, now that is a nice gift. Very thoughtful! I'm still trying to figure out our Secret Santa this year. I'm amazed at the generosity of strangers.