Right after Christmas, I went to the post office. After helping me, the pleasant postal clerk uttered what is surely her standard line: “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
I quipped, “Can you help me pay for Christmas?”
Without missing a beat, she replied, “He has already paid for it.”
I was stunned. Pleased, surprised, a tad embarrassed, but most of all, stunned. I murmured something profound in response — like, “He certainly did” — and left.
A simple phrase had put everything in perspective.
Pete Winn