{"id":7470,"date":"2013-09-20T10:31:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T17:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2013-09-20T10:49:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T17:49:25","slug":"stopped-on-the-bread-aisle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=7470","title":{"rendered":"Stopped on the Bread Aisle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A grocery run is a weekly thing and sometimes it’s more often than a once a week ordeal. And each run could vary between grocery stores. As there are three stores I use, depending \u00a0on certain items we like from each store.<\/p>\n

So I was doing my thing the other day and turned to go down the bread aisle. Note: This is not the store where I purchase\u00a0our bread. As we like the organic dense bread loaded with seeds from the other grocery. *See image above* But I was on this aisle, heading down to pick up the dried fruit. That’s when I was stopped by a customer on the bread aisle.<\/p>\n

Immediate thoughts running thru my head – I don’t look like I work here with my long floral outfit and flowers in my hair. I’m pushing a buggy with groceries piled in. And a little perplexed to get stopped. But I stopped and listened to the elderly gentleman.<\/p>\n

He was rather short in stature with a few white hairs topping his balding head. And the concerned look on his face, told me he needed help. He had a strong European accent, but he was able to convey that he was looking for whole wheat bread rich in fiber.<\/p>\n

What I really wanted to do, was to have him follow me over to the other store where I get our bread. I felt nearly as lost as he was and didn’t know where to begin. So I did the next best thing I knew to do. I took it one whole wheat loaf at a time. And soon we had covered every variety of whole wheat bread on the shelves. As I picked up each bag and found the fiber content, I would tell him the serving size and hold up the number of fibers per serving with my fingers.<\/p>\n

I could see that his concern had shifted to gratefulness. And he ended up taking two different loaves with the highest fiber content.<\/p>\n

Then I asked, “Do you need a high fiber cereal too?” Yes, he replied. We left our buggies on the bread aisle and we marched over to the cereal isle and I presented him with my favorite high fiber cereal. It’s none other than Fiber One with a whopping 14 grams of fiber per serving. He took that too. Then I told him to pick up some high protein yogurt to go with it.<\/p>\n

What really made my day was the smile that spread across his face. And he thanked me. And reached out his hand to shake my hand. I think he would have hugged me had it not been for the fact that we were complete strangers.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing what the little stops along the way can do. As I feel I received the double blessing.<\/p>\n

Blessings – Debbie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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