Chex Mix

Sunday, July 18th 2010

On our way home today, we pulled off at one of the exits to do some shopping. There was a skinny man with his shirt off, holding a sign. There were 2 others walking by that stopped to talk to him right as we stopped at the red light next to him. I had just put a bag of chex mix in the back seat, so I knew we had something for him but for some reason I hesitated.

I was thinking, what are the other 2 talking to him about? Do we interrupt them and offer the snack? Do we have time or is the light going to turn green any second?

After looking at the other stoplight for the 3rd time to see how much time we had until our light turned green, I asked D if he wanted to hand the man our chex mix. D didn't hesitate at all and rolled his window down.

"Sir, would you like this?" D asked as he held the bag out of the window.

The man walked over and accepted it. He didn't say anything, but nodded a polite "thank you." He went back and threw the mix on the ground. I thought, hmmm I wonder if he wanted it? Then he sat down and started eating it right away.

We drove away, both smiling :)

Peace :)