While my cancer fight has been underway for several months now (will fill in more of the backstory later) I am finding that every day is a new adventure. On one of my rare adventures out since my surgery in March we made a brief stop at Trader Joe's Brea for a few groceries. By the time we made it to check out I felt overwhelmed and took the keys to go sit in the car. So, it was with great surprise that when my daughter brought the groceries to the car she handed me a bouquet of lovely flowers, a gift from the gentleman who had rung up our groceries. As anyone who has ever shopped at Trader Joe's knows, the checkers are a friendly and conversational bunch and so when my daughter mentioned having moved back to California to take care of me during my cancer fight, the checker darted from his stand to go pick out the most beautiful bouquet to bring to me, along with his wishes that it make me smile. Now you can go on all you like about what a disconnected, uncaring world we live in, but now and again, the kindness of a total stranger really shows that it's not as bad as you think.
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