Sweet Lemonade

One of the sweet phone calls I received after my Ann Taylor incident was a call from one of my first mentors - Marianne. She was my vocational counselor when I became 'legally blind' and I was trying to decide what to do as far as profession, etc. She was an amazing voice on the other end encouraging me along -- Now, Becky you can do whatever you choose to do. I remember her encouraging voice helping me explore doors to open. It has been several years and I have thought about her periodically - she retired years ago. She heard our story and called me to tell me she was proud of her former client :). It was so wonderful to talk to her and be able to tell her how much I appreciate and love her. I've reflected on the super kind sales associate that helped me at Limited. She didn't know her customer had just had a difficult experience. However, her kindness in that moment meant so much. I plan to go back to the store and thank her. I recall just after I had heard that there was an false statement from AT, I was so sad and yes angry. I arrived at a meeting and a former superviser came up to me, not knowing the situation, and simply said it was so great to see me and commented what a great team me and Cricket were (of course :), but it felt great and I needed to hear those words! Funny story -- I was in the line in the restroom in the JFK Airport - a lady recognized me and asked about Cricket! We are concluding an amazing journey of travelling. We've planned for it for so long its hard to believe it is almost finished! I look forward to sharing. I have had experiences with people reaching out to be helpful even when we didn't speak the same language - the kindness is touching and inspiring. I hope I can pay it forward. Hope you are having a wonderful day with kindness.