Mr. Bob

Benaiah and I are shopping buddies on Wednesday.  While Emerson is in preschool we try to hit up three grocery stores before returning to pick Emerson up. Finding the best deal is always a fun thing for me and spending quality time with my son makes it even better.

My son loves to talk and make funny faces at people while we shop.   He is loved by many a fellow grocery shopper.  He has made a number of friends as we are out and about, but our favorite has come to be Mr. Bob.  Mr. Bob goes to Aldi every Wednesday morning at the same time we are there, so we have been able to connect regularly.  We were surprised two weeks ago when we didn't see him.

This past Wednesday as we were finding our deals we heard, "Is that my little guy?"  We looked up to see Mr. Bob.  

I said, "Who is that?" to Benaiah and he whispered, "Mr. Bob!"  You should have seen the look on Mr. Bob's face.  

"You remembered my name!" Mr. Bob said and we started talking about how he missed us last week because he had to see the doctor.  

I said that Benaiah and I would be praying for him.  Again another big smile and we continued to talk for quite some time.  I was so encouraged by the conversation that I didn't mind having to rush through our other stores to make it back to Emerson on time.

I really want my life to look like this on a regular basis.  For my children to grow up being eager to care for others even if it something as simple as remembering someone's name and praying for them.  I can definitely give up finding the best bargains for that.