In an Iowa
supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new
voice
came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4.
Kurtis was
almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to
answer the
call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught
his eye, the
new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26,
and he
was only 22) and he fell in
love.
Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch
clock to find
out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at
him, took her card
and punched out, then left. He looked at her card,
BRENDA. He walked out only to
see her start walking up the
road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket,
and offered her a ride home.
He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he
dropped her off, he asked if
maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She
simply
said it wasn't possible.
He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't
afford a
baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter
Reluctantly she accepted
his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That
Saturday night he arrived
at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go
with him. The
baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said,
"Well,
let's take the kids with us."
She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option,
but again not
taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought
him inside to meet
her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute
as a bug, Kurtis
thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He
was born a
paraplegic with Down Syndrome.
Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids
can't
come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run
away from a woman
with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her
first husband
and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary
- - - he had a
different mindset.
That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner
and the
movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him.
When he
needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair,
took him and
brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of
the evening, Brenda
knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of
her life
with.
A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her
children.
Since then they have added two more kids.
So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out
girl? Well,
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in
Arizona , where he is currently
employed
as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals
and has his
Cardinals in the Super Bowl.
Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that
he was not an ordinary
person.
It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super
Bowl XXXVI.
He has also been the NLF's
Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl's Most Valuable
Player.
AND THE REST
OF THE STORY:
Today at church our minister
mentioned that when Kurt, his wife and 7 children go out
to eat he
has one of his children pick
out a family eating at the restaurant. Kurt then tells the wait
staff he is
picking up the tab for that
family's dinner anonymously. He remembers the days he was
working
nights in
the grocery store and feeding his family on food stamps.
Makes it hard not to root for
the Cardinals IN THE SUPER BOWL.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
Love, Hugs, & Blessings,
Marion :-)