Ungrateful

This week I have been feeling very ungrateful.  Last night a man came into the store where I work to return some needles and thread.  He had just turned 89 last week and was trying to repair an old quilt on his bed that had come undone.  This man had never sewn a stitch in his life, and didn't even get past threading the needle, he couldn't see the eye.  He went down the hall in his retirement home and asked some of the "old ladies" in the next room to help him, according to him he's the youngest person there, but they couldn't thread the needle either.  So he decided that he wasn't a seamstress and returned the notions.  He just lost his wife 6 months ago, until the day she died she had "eyes like an owl" and could fix anything with a needle and a thread, he really misses her.

Today I am grateful.

Comments

Normal Mom said…
It's too bad you didn't get his name. Maybe you and I could go fix it for him. I hope he can find the help and support he needs.
July 23, 2010 at 11:43 AM
The Queen Bee said…
That's why you are so great Joy! You would have just gotten his phone number and his quilt would be fixed by now, I however start questioning myself, wondering if it's appropriate to even help him...I need to take a page from your book and just serve!
July 23, 2010 at 3:17 PM
Williams Family Dirt said…
Wow, sometimes we do take those small and simple things around us for granted sometimes. Thanks for sharing the story...keeps things in perspective.
July 23, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Katie and Luke said…
Wow! Great story to pass on. Gives me much to be grateful for. (Great...now I have tears in my eye. I am going to bed!)
July 24, 2010 at 12:43 AM
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