This is a pretty "delayed" storytelling but I sure know, 'tis still worth telling.
Bare with me as I still try to cool down from a drinking spree with my Tito's as we celebrate the coming of the new year.
A few days before Christmas, I hopped and still tried my "luck" to see if I could squeeze in some gifts buying for my cousin, Zussane (who by the way is getting prettier everyday, what can I say - its in the genes!). Anyway, as I lined up to pay for my gifts - an old couple caught my attention by literally nudging me.
"Excuse me, miss."
Those were the first words that also caught my attention - I knew right there and then, the lady in her early 60's was talking to me. And she continued, "Can you help us choose bags for our grandkids?" There was something with the way she asked me and how her eyes shine - I was trapped and I knew it.
"We're visiting Manila for Christmas and we're flying back home on the 27th. I hope its not too much to ask if you could help us choose some gifts we're bringing back home." And with those lovely eyes (again!), I was captured. Something in my heart tugged and before I knew it, we were moving around Landmark - talking and I was choosing gifts for their grandkids I don't even know! Talk about being smitten.
That gifts-shopping ended with a warm hug from Dorothy and Mike (they've been married for 38 years and counting) and an almost never-ending thank you. But more than anything, I was blessed by such an experience.
Bare with me as I still try to cool down from a drinking spree with my Tito's as we celebrate the coming of the new year.
A few days before Christmas, I hopped and still tried my "luck" to see if I could squeeze in some gifts buying for my cousin, Zussane (who by the way is getting prettier everyday, what can I say - its in the genes!). Anyway, as I lined up to pay for my gifts - an old couple caught my attention by literally nudging me.
"Excuse me, miss."
Those were the first words that also caught my attention - I knew right there and then, the lady in her early 60's was talking to me. And she continued, "Can you help us choose bags for our grandkids?" There was something with the way she asked me and how her eyes shine - I was trapped and I knew it.
"We're visiting Manila for Christmas and we're flying back home on the 27th. I hope its not too much to ask if you could help us choose some gifts we're bringing back home." And with those lovely eyes (again!), I was captured. Something in my heart tugged and before I knew it, we were moving around Landmark - talking and I was choosing gifts for their grandkids I don't even know! Talk about being smitten.
That gifts-shopping ended with a warm hug from Dorothy and Mike (they've been married for 38 years and counting) and an almost never-ending thank you. But more than anything, I was blessed by such an experience.
