Hunger Is Not a Disease

Walmart – November, 2014

 

This is our last tour at Walmart for the year.  We won’t be returning until the new year.

Friday was quite a day:  cold, damp, very light traffic.

When we sit at the table on the sidewalk in front of the store entrance, we make eye contact with every person coming in the door.  “Hi, we’re with the Reservoir Food Pantry, just asking for a donation of either money or food to feed the hungry.”

With 2 or more of us at the table, it’s hard to miss anyone.  People either give a donation, tell us they’ll give when they come out, or decline.

So, this was the scene as we greeted  donors Friday afternoon about 4:00.  Somehow, we missed one.   We didn’t even see her until she was upon us as she was leaving.  A slight young woman with shimmery blond hair which hung about shoulder length, she wore a flowing coat, almost a cape…a deeply red cape.

She surprised us as she came out the “in” door with a cart overflowing with food.  All of it had been carefully packed so that there were about 5 cans or boxes of food in each bag.

She parked her shopping cart at the side of our table as she quietly said “I hope you can use this food.”

Then, quickly…almost too quickly…she removed her hands from the cart, looked at us with a beautiful smile, and walked away.  She seemed to be almost floating.  Then, about 50 feet away from our table, she seemed to disappear in a mist that was surrounding her.

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Thurman Greco

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