The upholstery store in a town of nearly 800 people, was ran by a lovely couple. The wife was the only one in the store, her husband is sick with cancer. She was the most bubbly woman and shared many stories over a brief time. She told me about how she and her husband got started in the business. She showed me projects she was working on. I couldn't help but notice her hands. They were so arthritic and it nearly hurt me to look at them. She was telling me about her husband, how she fixes him up in a recliner in their store and gives him projects to keep him busy. Today, she left him home with "his sports" and decided to come work. She likes her work. And I like her.
I appreciate those chance encounters- the ones that teach you something. I saw something in her that I hope to be...all while picking out fabric.
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