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2/14/2020

 
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We spent another Valentine's Day in San Antonio during another TMEA Music Conference. This year, instead of a fancy dinner for ourselves, we bought dinner for a homeless man, bought coffee and snacks and at Starbucks for a college student, his girlfriend, and his grandparents, and Jeremy bought me another charm for my bracelet.  It was so much fun!

The Starbucks story: the grandmother was arguing with the grandson in line behind us because he had tricked her at the restaurant they had had dinner at and would not let her pay for dinner. She was lovingly berating him in a fully packed Starbucks while he was just trying to get her to sit down. He finally agreed to not pay for the coffee and she agreed to sit down while he waited in the ridiculously long line. Jeremy and I simply nodded at each other and the plan was hatched. Almost 20 minutes later when we got up to the register, Jeremy and I ordered as normal and then asked the grandmother what she wanted (she, the grandfather, and girlfriend had all rejoined the line by this time). Things were so busy and loud, she hadn't noticed we hadn't actually paid yet. After all four of them added their order we jumped back in line and paid. This is the moment she noticed!! She slapped the grandson on the arm and started speaking to him in a language I could not understand. This is where I jumped in. "You only made HIM promise not to pay. You didn't say anything about perfect strangers. Happy Valentine's Day!" The laughter that ensued was like from a cheesy Hollywood movie. We had a great few minutes visiting after that. Great day!

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    Candice Stout:
    wife, teacher, music lover, crafter, and avid book reader

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