SHOPPING WITH A GRANDCHILD
AN OLD MAN WAS GROCERY SHOPPING WITH
HIS GRANDSON. THE TODDLER WAS
CRYING, AND AT TIMES, SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS.
AS THE OLD GENTLEMAN WALKED UP AND DOWN THE AISLES, PEOPLE COULD
HEAR HIM SPEAKING IN A SOFT VOICE...
"WE ARE ALMOST DONE, ALBERT...TRY NOT TO CRY, ALBERT...LIFE WILL
GET BETTER, ALBERT..."
AS HE APPROACHED THE CHECKOUT STAND, HE CAREFULLY BRUSHED THE
TODDLER'S TEARS FROM HIS EYES AND SAID AGAIN,
"TRY NOT TO CRY, ALBERT... WE WILL BE HOME SOON, ALBERT..."
AS HE WAS PAYING THE CASHIER, THE TODDLER CONTINUED TO CRY AS A
YOUNG WOMAN IN LINE BEHIND HIM SAID, "SIR,I THINK IT IS
WONDERFUL HOW SWEET YOU ARE BEING TO YOUR LITTLE ALBERT."
THE OLD GENTLEMAN BLINKED HIS EYES A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE SAYING
MY GRANDSON'S NAME IS JOHN........ I'M ALBERT.......... |