I took Agape and Talia to Froyo Life, a frozen yogurt store and our weekly hang out joint after dance class. We stood in line and I guided them as they picked out a mix of strawberry and vanilla bases topped with rainbow sprinkle, mochi and gummy bears.
I did notice a lady in her 80s observing as we made our way to the cashier. I didn't make much of it at first.
When we stood at the cashier to pay, the lady stood next to us at the 2nd cashier. I paid cash for our share and overheard that her total came out to $3.06 which was almost exactly the change returned to me.
I usually don't do this, but for reasons beyond my understanding, I was compelled to lean over, hand the money to the cashier and said "Please allow me. I have the exact change, it would be my pleasure to cover this for you." The lady looked at me and as she thanked me, I took her hand and looked at her for a moment. I wanted to say "It's the least I could do" as if I had known her forever, but I contended with "of course! Have a good one!"
The girls and I found a table inside and settled down and as they each began to dig into their frozen yogurt masterpieces, the lady approaches us. "I wanted to share something with you," she said. "As you were standing in line, I was observing you and I could tell what a sweet dad you are. And I remembered my own father and how he used to hold me when I was a little girl and how I would place my head on his shoulder and rest it there and how protected I felt," she continued as her words plunged into my heart and soul.
I could tell that she missed her father greatly and perhaps it was the spirit of her daddy that had come over me to buy his little daughter some frozen yogurt.
Love has no bounds and if we share a genuine act of love with someone else, we may be the bridge that connects them to that a place where they once were. Where they once belonged. I know in my heart that my simple gesture gave that lady whose name I may never know life. And by giving another life, I experienced a spark that gave me life.
"Thank you so much for sharing that with me. God bless you!" I told her as she smiled and walked away. "God bless you too," she said.
