Do you see the joy? It ain’t from me.

After an early morning children’s dental appointment, I needed to refill my caffeine tank. I headed for the closest coffee shop which just so happened to be in a mall. It was 9:00 am and the only people in the mall were us and the mall walkers. On the way through the mall to the coffee shop, we had to pass the rides. I have to admit, I HATE these rides. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I tell my kids I don’t have any quarters, even if I do. Why start them on these rides? If I do, then they will think every time we pass by one, they get a ride, NOT! They also have every other kid’s germs on them, but that is a story for another time. As my kids were getting on and off the rides, constantly asking if they could have money to ride them and me telling them that I didn’t have any money (and this time I really didn’t) this elderly mall walking man walked up to us, dug in his pockets, handed me four quarters, smiled and said, “here you go, for them.”

Thanks old man, you just made their day.

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