Kindness

So, there I was at the Farm Store with the subpar customer service, buying ONLY dog food for the resident wolf girls of Spiritcreek.  (One needs weight management and the other has allergies.)  For the two different 25 pound bags of Science Diet, I expected the total cost to be $110 - $120.  When the grumpy young man rang it up, for a whopping total of $200, I was shocked.  I have been buying 38 pound bags for about $82.

"Good God Almighty!  Those dogs are going to have to start earning their keep!"  It just slipped out.

Amazingly, a young man behind me in line immediately said, "M'am, I will pay for it."

What did he say? 

I was taken aback and slightly embarrassed. I told him that was very kind of him but I was just complaining.  

He said, "I heard no complaint."

I was so shocked that I do not think I properly thanked him.   

Who does such a thing in these days of people ranting over women buying cupcakes from the bakery for their children's birthday party using SNAP cards?  

I have been praying for that young man, asking for blessings of good fortune, good health and much happiness for him.  Each time I think of it, I automatically call for blessings for him.

As for the wolf girls, those creatures of splendid canine senses, they who bark at the wind blowing, earthworms tunneling in the soil, silent and invisible extraterrestrials surveying the domicile at night, ghosts and whang doodles haunting the timber, and that most horrible monster threat of all time:  hoofbeats of the resident horses far out in the pasture!  The very same animals - German Shepherds of quality breeding - that never made a sound when a truck full of men got all the way to the front of my house, exited the truck, and circled the house.  That is how I came to be standing naked in my bedroom when I saw a man walk past the window in broad daylight.  Not a peep from those $200 dog food burners!!! 

Has Science Diet added unicorn meat to their recipes?  Pixie tears? Hobbit leaf?  

Regardless, next time I buy dog food, it is going to have to be something much less expensive. Counting on the kindness of strangers probably will not be an effective budgeting practice.

 See where one particular wolf girl is stationed? 

 At all times, she finds the exact location where I need to be!