In the Advent Calendar Today:
"Want to go grocery shopping today? Neither do I. Today, let's show some appreciation to the people who help us at the store all of the time. When we get our groceries, we will deliver a gift."
It might not seem life changing to you, but when one of my friends introduced me to online grocery shopping, food changed for me and my family. I don't know if I just can't handle the stress of choosing between 34 versions of everything on my list or if that my list is just another piece of paper I can't find when I need it, if I bothered to write one...for these reasons and so many more, I LOVE Harris Teeter's Express Lane.
I can place my order online in less than 20 minutes. I am usually sitting in my kitchen, so I can look at my fridge and pantry to see what I do and don't need. I pull into the lovely drive through, push a button, say my name and a beautiful human brings out my sorted and bagged food, placing it right in my trunk.
So, all this to say, a gift to our grocery-store friend was a gift of deep appreciation for all the ways she has helped us this year.
After I got the kids from school, we went shopping for a few gifts and found a big mug gift with chocolate, hot chocolate and cookies in it. It was not our usual helper, but we were happy just the same to share a gift of Christmas with her.
As soon as my daughter handed the gift to her saying, "Merry Christmas!"
The woman said, "I will make sure and get this to the woman who is regularly here."
She shut the trunk and moved on quickly, so I trusted the gift was going to go to whoever needed a little treat this day.
This is a common theme in my life these days (The Widow's Mite/The Artist's Courage):
We offer our gifts and then we release them.
What joy to imagine the things that what we choose, create and share with another might have a purpose beyond our vision and plans.
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