Sunday, October 4, 2009
I was in the thrift store(at least it seemed like the thrift store)
and a family came in, they had a voucher from the River. There were 2 women, small wiry black ladies, a mother and grandmother. There were 4 children, somewhere between the ages of 6-13, 2 girls, 2 boys. One of the boys was white, as a ghost almost and moved like one. He looked to be slightly mentally disabled, and seemed to be the oldest in the group. I explained to them how they could spend their voucher, and they began to pick out clothes, and bring them to the counter. What about him I asked, oh he is not ours, we just brought him with us. He floated around the outskirts of the group, and when a substantial pile of clothes was on the counter, he asked if he could help fold them. The grandmother remarked-he just loves to help with anything, he is just always helping. He helped me bag the clothes. One of the girls asked if she could have a necklace, I let her choose one, and then the other one wanted one, and then the boy. I asked the pale one if he wanted one, he nodded shyly. and he looked and looked over everything I had. I turned to another task and some minutes later I hear-excuse me ma'am, do you have any necklaces for men? I went back over to him and the display he was looking at, it was mostly chains, and none were appropriate, then I saw a beaded choker. I explained to him how this was more of the thing that young men are wearing now. Then I looked him in the eyes and asked "would you like this one?" He did not say anything but flashed me a smile, it was one of the most real I have ever seen.
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