Pay it forward

Yesterday I went to the Post office to mail out a package to my bunny, I was there waiting in line and the most kind person was standing next to me. I had just picked a box to put all of the stuff in and was struggling to get it together, I didn't have any packing tape so the women handed me a roll that she had brought with her. I thanked her for sharing it and proceeded to tape the bottom of the box, she held the box together for me while I taped it. Then she pulled a pair of nail clippers from her purse to clip the end. Kenidi was with me and had to go potty really bad, the women noticed Kenidi doing the potty dance and asked if she could have a mint to help keep her mind off of it. Kenidi was very happy about that and very politely thanked her for sharing. We were waiting in line for about ten minutes, during that time she and I got to know each other. She asked me where my package was being sent & I told her it was going to Fort Jackson, she asked me when my baby was due. She was such a sweet person, well we got to the very end of the line and it was her turn to checkout. She walked up to the desk and then 20 seconds later she turned around took my package and put it up on the counter with the rest of her stuff that she was mailing! I asked her what she was doing, she didn't respond so I asked her again what she was doing. I walked over to her, and she just looked at me with tears in her eyes and said " I am going to mail this package for you, it is the least I can do." She said that she was grateful for my husbands service and that it isn't easy being in the military. I was crying at that point and thanked her for her generosity, I asked her is there was anything I could do and she just smiled at me and said you just go now and take care of that baby. The sad thing is I don't even know her name! I can't adequately describe how that women made me feel, the best word to sum it up would have to be GRATITUDE. When people like that give service to me I always feel a renewed desire to be more giving, it is contagious. Now it is my turn to pay it forward :)