
it is a small lapel pin
maybe 10 cents big
but people believe it
truly
today at Tesco
the young man at the checkout
at first looked shocked
when i returned his question
of what i had planned for the weekend
but i can tell you now
what he will be doing
exactly
every day
including on Monday
and he shared with me
pictures on his phone
of his dog as a puppy
and now grown up
and his young son
in a buzz lightyear costume
and on last weekend
and on a visit to his mum
it was not a quiet time of day
it was one of many checkouts
and the line was growing
and stories deserve the time and space
to reach their own conclusion
i love stories
i really do
and most of the many i have been told today
have at the heart of them
a deep love
of home
& hearth
& family
& place
& a beautiful generosity
in sharing
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