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Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« on: May 14, 2015, 01:17:39 PM »
No great import, just a simple human story that gave me some needed perspective and a skosh more faith in humanity that I started the day with. (Wasn't much). A tad long, but worth the payoff, IMO. =)

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/when-a-cashier-at-the-grocery-store-brought-me-to-117522947516.html
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2015, 01:56:23 PM »
Must be pollen in the air.  Eyes running and nose all drippy.

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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2015, 05:53:32 PM »
No.
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2015, 07:47:41 PM »
Quote from: fistful on May 14, 2015, 05:53:32 PM
No.

So, you're lachrymose-intolerant. No particular surprise.
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2015, 08:32:41 AM »
I'm intolerant of this tear-jerker of the day stuff. What is this, Facebook?
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2015, 10:04:35 AM »
I know how this mother feels.
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2015, 11:40:37 AM »
Quote from: fistful on May 15, 2015, 08:32:41 AM
I'm intolerant of this tear-jerker of the day stuff. What is this, Facebook?

Wow. Enjoy your wiz Wheaties. Preferably in a thread more amenable to your mood.
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2015, 04:23:55 AM »
Quote from: SADShooter on May 15, 2015, 11:40:37 AM
Wow. Enjoy your wiz Wheaties. Preferably in a thread more amenable to your mood.

That's just Fistful being Fistful, our cat-like widdle guy butting in and treading on what we read.
Shoo, Fistful fluffy-butt.

Back to the OP, that was moving.
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2015, 09:57:57 AM »
Awww :)

I think it kind of sucks that everyone doesn't have these moments every day. It's not hard to just be nice and say something nice. And that one person who says something that's just nice can really make any day better.
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Re: Brought to Tears With 8 Words
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2015, 11:00:02 AM »
Quote from: bluestarlizzard on May 16, 2015, 09:57:57 AM
Awww :)

I think it kind of sucks that everyone doesn't have these moments every day. It's not hard to just be nice and say something nice. And that one person who says something that's just nice can really make any day better.

That's what struck me about it. I'm usually in fistful's camp, to be honest. I work with a widowed mother of four who has an adult son with autism, now also caring for her declining mother in law and working a complex full time job. She is almost always cheerful in dealing with life challenges which would make me a thumb-sucking fetal ball in the corner. Seeing someone take a moment to be caring and decent in the middle of our daily troubles should be cause for a brief moment of reflection and quiet celebration.
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