A cool kid

It had been raining all day Saturday when Mary went to answer a knock at the door. The young man identified himself as a student at the local middle school and asked Mary if she had any odd jobs available. It seems that school starts this week and he had come up a bit shy in the back-to-school- clothing department.

We didn’t have anything for him just at that moment but we hoped he’d come back when we did. We were disappointed we couldn’t offer him employment that day.

Turns out that Susan across the street does have some chores she needs done this week and she gave him an advance so he could do some shopping before school starts on Tuesday. After going home to tell his mom he’d made a connection, she sent him back to Susan to nail down the work appointment.

I think we’re going to have him do some yard work for us. He’ll work hard. And we’ll pay him well. And we’ll both feel good about the deal.

It’s been years since a local kid came to the door and asked for paid work. It made me feel good that time, too.