Try to Have a Good Night...
Some days you teach two three hour classes back to back and for some reason, agree to a three hour birthday party after that. Even after a successful birthday party and a happy birthday girl, you have a sore throat and we’re not rewarded with a tip from the family. Begrudgingly you take a whole pizza from the party that was left unwanted and split it with your also exhausted co teacher. You walk the half mile back to your car (because that’s where you have to park so you don’t have to move your car constantly or pay), all things weighing on your back and in your arms. You finally reach your car and plop down full weight with a sigh, thankful to finally be sitting. (And vow here and now to never stand again!)
You start to drive home and then you see her. You’ve seen her before-standing on the corner of the funeral home on Beverly Blvd, holding a sign you can never read quickly enough because you’re driving by. You’ve thought about it before. “Maybe I should stop and offer her whatever I do have in my car” but you never do because you always find a reason, an excuse.
But tonight you don’t drive by. You put on your blinker, roll down your window and block traffic. “Would you like this pizza? It’s untouched.” With a honest surprise in her face, she reaches for the box and said, “Oh yes please! God bless you young lady. Thank you.”. “Try to have a good night”, I tell her.
And you drive away. You’re not perfect and you’re exhausted and you probably would’ve eaten that pizza tonight, but you don’t need it. She does and she said yes and she was oh so thankful.
Stop to read the sign. Stop to at least offer my friends. They might say yes and you won’t regret it. ❤️
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