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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
five 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
hunt for a possible appearance 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 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 since they won ... doesn't it?
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