I ran across this brief story this morning:
I was in a Salvation Army store recently, and a young woman was looking at a nice black lace blouse and two shells to wear under it.
I remarked, "That is lovely." She looked up, glowing, and said, "My husband got to work some overtime this week and he said he'd take me out Saturday night. I want to look nice. Which one do you think looks best?"
I truthfully told her I thought either one would work fine and she would look so nice. She was so happy, and it was obviously an unusual occasion for her to get to go out.
I thought then how fortunate that someone had donated the nice blouse instead of keeping it or selling it at a garage sale.
We are cleaning out a lot of unused stuff I had been saving for a garage sale, but that convinced me to donate it, instead, and I did.
I also saved myself the hassle of a sale to only be stuck with the leftovers...
Food for thought.
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