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UPLIFTING
AND TRUE STORY
In a 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 at a grocery store
in Cedar
Falls/Waterloo, IA 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
led his Cardinals in the hunt for an appearance in the 2009
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 NFL's Most Valuable Player twice
and the
Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player.
SeniorArk thanks: Sam Holtgraver,
Silver Spring, MD
photo below (no, not Sam)
Kurt and Brenda Warner
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