I read this yesterday... shed a whole new light on them for me:
In a supermarket, Kurtis, the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice
came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at check at register 4.
Kurtis was almost finished and wanted to get some fresh air, so decided to
answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught
his eye. The new check out girl was beautiful. She was a little older than
Kurtis. She was maybe 26, and he was only 22,
but he was in love.
Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to
find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him took
her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, Brenda.
He walked out only to see her start walking up the road.
Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket and offered her a
ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her
off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply
said it wasn't possible. He pressed and she explained she had two children
and she couldn't afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the sitter.
Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday.
That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she
was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which
Kurtis simply said, "Well, let's take the kids with us."
She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again
not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda brought him inside to
meed her children. She had an older daughter who was just cute as a bug,
Kurtis thought. Then Brenda brought out her son in a wheelchair. He was born
a paraplegic with Down Syndrome. Kurtis said to Brenda, "I still don't
understand why the kids can't come with us?".
Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman with two kids,
especially if one had disabilities. Just like her first husband and father of
her children did.
That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the
movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he
needed to use the rest room, he picked him up out of his chair, took him,
brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda
knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life
with. A year later they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children
and since then they have added two more kids.
So what happened to the stock boy and check out girl? Well, Mr. and Mrs.
Kurt Warner now live in St. Louis where he is employed by the St. Louis Rams
and plays quarterback. You probably watched him in the Super Bowl last
Sunday.
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(Seems he's as good a person as he is a QB)
