The weather was beautiful today, so we headed to Old Town Spring. (Mom was having the best luck there). After a while, we visited a shop called "The Happy Peddler." We spotted an adorable little Rudolph Christmas plate behind the glass next to the register. The man that works there told us that he had nine other plates which went with the Rudolph plate. (Those all had the reindeer on them, and he was charging $15 a piece for them). Unfortunately, someone STOLE those 9 plates and didn't see the Rudolph one. He was very upset about it, and understandably so.
Mom and him started talking about getting security cameras for the store, like the one's we have at our house. He said it's just really hard to enjoy the holiday season when things like this happen. He's just trying to make a living, and then someone just walks out the door with close to $200 worth of merchandise.
Long story short, after chatting for a while this man took the Rudolph plate out of Mom's hand, placed it inside a bag, and said he was giving it to her as a Christmas gift!
Words cannot describe how refreshing this random act of kindness was. Mom and I were just so moved by this.
And just the other day Mom was telling her Mom how she's lost faith in the human race. Everyone just seems so greedy and self-involved. But.... then this happens today.
When we first walked inside his store, we heard some woman asking if he had any red transfer-ware china. He said he only had the blue, and that she might want to check out "Camille's" next door. Mom mentioned that she had a lot of the red transfer ware, which she just lost interest in. She said she ought to think of selling it. He told her that he'd be happy to give her store credit for any of it, so after he gave her that Rudolph plate we decided that we're gonna give him one or two of Mom's transfer ware plates as a Thank You Gift. At least that he can turn around and sell.
Mom asked his name before we left, since we HAVE to know his name because if Mom ever has any great grandchildren one day, they'll be eating their Christmas cookies off that Rudolph plate. Everyone will have to know the story behind it.
Anyway.... kindness and goodhearted strangers DO exist. Adam, at "The Happy Peddler" in Old Town Spring, is living proof of that.
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