My stand at the farm market is situated between two of the ladies selling vegetables. I frequently watch people walk past. They generally stop and look at the aprons and bags and sometimes buy one. Yesterday an older woman was passing with her grandson who was maybe three years old. She looked at all the bags and said they were very well made. The little boy asked her "Grandma, what does the lady do?" She answered, "She makes things." Grandma walked on to the next farm stand. The little boy looked at me and came around the table and stood staring up at me. Then, he asked, "Lady, what things do you make?" I told him I made all of these aprons and the bags on the table." He wanted to know what the bags were for. So, I had some small child size bags about 6" by 8" on the table. I showed him one with all kinds of balls on it. We were talking about the different games to play with the balls when his grandma came back. He showed her the bag and told her, "This one is a football. You can kick it." I asked him if he would like to have the bag and he solomnly nodded so I gave it to him. Grandma tried to pay for it but it was paid for by his young curiousity. I love to talk with small children and answer their questions. I gave away a second child size bag before the day was over. One of the ladies had her daughter along. The little girl, 7 or 8 years old looked at a bag that had smily face people on it. She looked at that bag maybe 7 or 8 times during the morning. When they got ready to leave I asked her mom if it would start a squabble among the other kids if I gave her the bag. Her mom considered it. (She has many children) She said it was okay and she would send the little girl over and tell her I wanted to talk to her. She came over and I asked her if she would like to have that bag. She looked back at her mom and her mom nodded her head and when she turned back to me she had the greatest smile on her face. That more than paid for the bag. During the morning it had been obvious that she had been told not to ask for anything. I do like seeing smiling faces on children. You see so many with frowning, hurt expressions. dooley
Dooley, thank you for your lovely story, it made me smile too!! A child's smile is definitely worth a million dollars
You are a real gem, Dooley. You make good stuff...and you make folks feel good. I am so happy that you are on here. This was a nice posting.
Dooley, how sweet of you. Doing something like that makes you feel good to see them smile and for the child the memory of the nice lady who gave it to them will stay with them a long time. My youngest still has a stuffed giraffe she was given by a store clerk when she was 4, she had been hugging it the whole time we were in the store but had to put it back when we got ready to leave. She never fussed about it but the clerk could tell how much she liked it so he gave it to her.
Dooley the world needs more warm hearted people like you. I would love to have seen the look on both the boy and girls faces when you gave them the bags. :-D
Dooley, You are so kind. That is more valuable than any kind of payment and that child will never forget your kindness, either.
dooley, That is beautiful. Those children will remember that deed for their whole life and you probably changed them in some small way. Kindness seeds will grow forever within a child. Brings tears to my eyes. Thanks for being you. The world needs many more of you. Barb in Pa.
I make those little bags from end pieces of leftover material. They have lots of uses but small kids love to have a little bag of their own. I've sent them to my grandson with a book in them. That little boy left an impression on me with his questions. He genuinely wanted to know what things I made and why I made them. He is going to go far in the world if he keeps up with his questions and quest for imformation. dooley
That was very sweet of you Dooley. Life is so much more that dollars and cents. Who knows how your acts of kindness will be paid forward years down the line.
You're the best, Dooley! Those children will have very fond memories of you, and I hope they will use the bags.
