Small White Coat

Friday, November 26th 2010

Some might say it's crazy to do, but I decided to brave the shopping mall today. I haven't shopped the day after Thanksgiving for over 10 years and since I had the day off, I thought I'd check it out.

It wasn't too bad. Probably because it was 1pm in the afternoon and everyone started 12 hours earlier! I found some coats that were on sale and started looking closer to find the right size & color to try on. That's when I noticed a girl about 15 yrs old or so who was becoming very flustered.

"Ugh!" She said in a quiet voice but I could tell she wanted to scream. Maybe she had been out since 1am.

"What are you looking for?" I asked her.

Shocked that someone noticed her she answered shyly, "The white one in a small."

Oh, wouldn't you know that's what I had in my hand! I'm still wondering if she saw me pick up the last one and that's why she was making so many noises...

So I said, "You can have this one" and I handed it to her. No big deal to me. It helped make my decision easier!

She seemed pleased and timidly accepted it.

It might have been someone elses, I'm not sure, but a few minutes later I saw a small white coat thrown back down on a table nearby. Oh well! I left happily with a gray coat in my bag.

Peace :)