Today after I greeted her in my normal “Hi, what’s going on” kinda way. She looked at me and said, “are you okay?” She said normally you’re so happy, smiling and so eager to help. Today you look sad.
So in a brief comment I mentioned that earlier I had gotten some bad news about my cat…. and I felt silly bringing it up, but she asked.
I started going back to ringing her up and she said, “I lost my son two days ago.”
I looked up, looked her in the eyes and I said, “you lost your son?” And as she started pulling dollar bills out of her wallet she said, “yeah he had a heart attack.” Then she handed me the money for some pajmaas she was buying.
I was at a complete loss for words. All I could do was express sincere sympathy and empathize.
I told her I felt silly for mentioning my concern about my cat and she put her hand on mine and said, “you should not feel that way you love your cat!”
She said, “you know our pets are our family. We love them just as much as we love any one ~ because love is love, you know.”
I stopped what I was doing and I looked up at her and I said, “you are very right. You are so right. Love is love.”
Anyway when she left she looked back at me and said, “God bless you. God bless you. I Pray everything turns out well for your cat.”
Here’s a woman who had just lost her son two days earlier and she takes time trying to make me feel okay in the midst of her pain, grief and agony. That is the kind of woman everyone needs in their life. Everyone.
If you’re starting to feel like you’re having a bad day, think about her ~ she is a blessed woman ~ who paid me a very important and educational visit today. #ThinkAboutOthers #LoveIsLove
