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Something to restore some faith in humanity...
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If this doesn't send goosebumps and shivers up your spine,
then I have no words to express how beautiful this true story is!!!!
HOW LOVE COMES BACK
You know, he almost didn't see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road. But even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed
help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so.
Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe and he looked poor
and hungry. He could see that she was frightened, standing out there
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lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told
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She asked him how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all
right with her. She had already imagined all the awful things that
could have happened had he not stopped.
Bryan never thought twice about the money. This was not a job to
him. This was helping someone in need and God knows there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past...... He had lived his whole life that way and it never occurred to him to act any other way.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the
assistance that they needed and Bryan added "...and think of me".
He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a
cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home,
disappearing into the twilight.
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to
grab a bite to eat and take home. It was a dingy looking restaurant.Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was
unfamiliar to her. The cash register was like the telephone of an out of work actor - it didn't ring much.
Her waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet
hair.
She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed that the waitress was nearly
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months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches
change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so
little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan.
After the lady finished her meal and the waitress went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, the lady slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be, then she noticed something written on the napkin
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There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote.
It said, "You don't owe me anything, I have been there too. Somebody
once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to
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Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill and people to
serve, but the waitress made it through another day.
That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written.
How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed
it?
With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard.
She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to
her,she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, "Everything is gonna be all right; I love you, Bryan".
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This was emailed to me by Caroline.....isn't it a beautiful story?
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