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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 two more kids.
So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out
girl?
Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner, both born-again Christians, now live
in Arizona, where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the
National Football League Arizona
Cardinals, who won the championship game today and will meet the
Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl on Feb 1 in Tampa. 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.
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   "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." Author Unknown |
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