Small miracles occur everyday & I think sometimes...
we just need to become more aware of them.
The Taupe Scarf Story...
Today, I had a scarf returned to my store. It had been a Christmas present & the person who received it wanted to exchange it for something else. I had hoped she would do an even exchange, because I realized I only had one $1.00 bill & one $100.00 bill in the register (duhhh...I forgot to go to the bank & get change for the store). After she left, I ran across the street to the bank. You know banks...short line, but long wait.
I left a note on the store door saying "I'd be right back".
While on line, I hoped that no one was waiting for me.
Finally, I get back to the store & started working around when suddenly...
I realize that I had forgotten to take the note off the door.
As I open the door to take the note down, a car pulls up & it's one of my customers. She comes in & asks me if I have a...
Taupe Scarf...like the grey one she was wearing.
She tells me that the scarf is for "so & so" (intentionally leaving her name out...she is one of our customers & she happens to be this customer's best friend).
I asked her how her friend was feeling (friend was diagnosed with leukemia in September & the last time I saw her friend was around Thanksgiving when she had been in our store shopping with her sisters for the the holidays). She said that, unfortunately, she was back in the hospital getting treatment & hoping for a bone marrow transplant. She said that her friend had called her & asked if she could go & buy the scarf for her.
With this said, I didn't know whether I should tell her that the scarf had just been
RETURNED...but I had to tell her because it was just such a
coincidence. She went on to tell me that last week she was going to stop, but she said she wasn't sure we were
open because she didn't see our "
OPEN" sign &
that there was a note on door...So she told her friend that she didn't think that we were open & that she would stop back on Thursday (today) to get the scarf.
I said...
"Yes, we were open, but I wouldn't have had the scarf last week because the scarf was just RETURNED!!!"
A small miracle for someone in the hospital fighting for her life. If her friend had come in last week, I wouldn't have had the scarf in stock. I had sold out of the taupe color. I think that God knew that she wanted the Taupe Scarf & found a way to make sure that she would receive it.
Now I am praying for another miracle...
that this beautiful young woman will go back into remission
&
finds a bone marrow donor.
Miracles come in all sizes & they are all important.
Looking for a miracle,
Kathleen Sforza
Town & Country Gifts
1213 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310
718-447-8237
Websites:
Kathleen Rose's Collection (an eBay Store)
Lorraine's Favorite Finds (an eBay Store)
Blogs:
Lorraine's Favorite Finds
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