A Kind Word
The owner of the restaurant warned us service might be a
little slow. “A waiter tore his ACL and a waitress went into labor.”
Twenty minutes after we were seated, our waitress apologized
for making us wait as she handed us menus and silverware. Clearly, she was
struggling to keep up.
Talmadge, the king of sarcasm, touched her forearm. I waited
for some cutting remark.
Instead, he patted his big belly and said, “Honey, you worry
about me last. Doesn’t seem likely I’ll starve waiting for my food.”
At the end of the evening, Talmadge said to her, “Enjoyed
the meal. I appreciate how hard you worked.
Some people would have just called off.”
She smiled, some of the tension draining from her face.
Talmadge’s kind words hadn’t lightened her load, but they
had made her struggle more bearable. I made a mental note to find a kind word for
someone struggling at the rehab.
Today I’ll find a kind word for someone struggling.
Fawlty Showers 2
is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you
might know is purely coincidental.
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