True Sad Story

I was in the line at Walmart and this man (probably late 50’s) in front of me was holding a bouquet of flowers and a card. The clerk asked “Any special occasion?” He said “Yep, today is my anniversary.” I said “How many years?” He said, “It would have been 31, but she died 6 months ago. I didn’t realize how good she was to me until it was too late. I never showed her how much I loved her, and now, after it’s too late, I’m trying to make up for that. I know she has angel’s wings, because not only did she take care of me, but she took care of my mother too. Now I’m having to take care of mom and I realize everything that she did to make our lives easier. I just hope she knows that I know she showed me how much she loved me everyday by little things that I couldn’t see. I see them now and I can’t tell her how much I appreciate her and I didn’t show her enough when she was here. I can’t do much now to show her, so I’m going to the cemetery to put these on her grave and talk to her a while.” What do you say to something like that? I cried the entire way home from Walmart. My heart ached for this man, for the pain he was in.

Now, God does work in mysterious ways. I do feel for this man in Walmart, but maybe, just maybe God took his wife before him to open his eyes and make him see his selfish ways. So that he would have time to take care of his business before his time came.