January 12th

Melanie:


I stopped by the post office to pick up some stamps...When I was at the desk messing with my purse and stamps I noticed this tiny old man next to me. He was holding up a sheet of paper to his face, trying to read it. I laughed because he was so cute. He looked up at me and said hello. I said hi, can I help you with what you are doing? He said, sure. He was filling out a form for a raffle through the mail..where you send in your money to some random scam artists, who then promise to put your name into a raffle for the grand prize winnings of 2.5 million dollars. I asked him if he really wanted to send his money to this place because it didn't seem right. He laughed and said that his brother in law keeps telling him to stop spending his money on these things. I told him that he should listen up to his brother in law! He then said...Listen honey, I am the poorest guy in town and if I have a shot at winning 2.5 million dollars somehow, then I by sure am going to take it! He smiled big and I knew he wanted to do what he wanted to do. I showed him on the form where the address was and told him that he still had the chance to be 10.00 richer. He laughed...He told me to be good, I told him to be good. He said..well if you want to be bad, give me call. I laughed so hard the whole post office looked at us...I don't know if anything was accomplished. I had a good time meeting him and trying to save him 10.00. But, when I told Nate the story he said, the guy had hope for something better and maybe that's all he has?

Having hope for something better...

Cole you're up.