I was in town with my daughter today, just looking at the sales to see if there was anything worth having. Here in Sheffield we are feeling the brunt of the storms at the moment, not in flooding but it is cold and wet and today was really windy. Its certainly not a day to be out and we were shop hopping to keep warm.
I popped out of one shop and I passed a big issue seller. I didn't have cash on me but I apologised as I hurried past. He wished me a happy new year anyway to which I said you too, not really stopping to think, but more concerned about getting into the next shop out of the cold.
A few shops down was a bakers (they are everywhere in Sheffield by the way so its pretty easy to walk past one). It made me stop and think. I doubled back and asked the guy if he needed a drink or anything from the bakers. He starts putting his hand in his pocket asking if I could get him a sauasage roll, giving me a pound. I refused the money and asked him again for his drink of choice.
I came back to him with his sausage roll and hot drink. I went to hurry off again and he stopped me to reach into his bag. He gave me a christmas card. He was insistent and said he only gave these to special people and that I was to read the message and to keep the card special. I could tell he really meant it and was being sincere.
Here is the card.
