Twin Takes

So tonight I went to a support group for mother's who have twins, triplets, etc called Mothers of Multiples. Mind you, it is not becuase I have twins, it's becuase I am a twin. I was invited by a woman who ate at Johnny Carino's one Sunday when I noticed she had boy/girl twins. I asked if her kids were twins. She said yes. I told her I was a twin, and she got SO excited. Ten minutes later she was at the host podium asking me to come in for the annual twin panel. I agreed.

I went, the mothers asked questions and I answered them. It was a lot of fun and I came home with a pot of mums. (the flowers)

Very special.

Something happened tonight that I think everyone should know about.

Tonight at work, everything was going as usual, nothing seemed out of the normal. This mother and son were seated at my table, and they were very nice. I could tell this couple was religious, becuase of the necklace the son was wearing. It was a rainbow beaded necklace with a wooden cross on it, something like you would make at bible school, even thought he looked like he could be in his mid-twenties. The lady was probably in her late 50's-early 60's. I got them their bread and salads. Took their orders as usual, but something was very different about this couple, I would soon find out. When I was clearing away their salad plates, waiting for their entrees to arrive, the woman handed me a folded dollar-bill cupped in the palm of her hand, and said, "This is for you." I graciously thanked her and stuck it in my pocket, thinking it was maybe a 5 or a 10, but she said to me, "Look at it." I took the bill out of my pocket, looked at it, and I couldn't believe what she had just handed me. It was a clean, crisp 100 dollar bill. I stared in shock, looked at her surprised, and then she told me, "God told me you needed this." As my eyes started watering up, I was speechless, but I managed to let out a thank-you and then quietly walked away. Tears started rolling down my cheeks as a passed my many coworkers, and I walked in the bathroom and just had a moment to reflect. I called my mom a few minutes later, and she, being a religious person, told me maybe God was rewarding me for the decisions I've been making.

I'm not a very religious person, but I believe firmly in being honest and anyone of my friends know that. I've been through a lot this summer that has cost me a great deal of stress, strain, time, and money. I've made bad decisions and bad judgements, but through it all, I have always kept the Golden Rule my number one priority. "Treat others as you would like to be treated." I believe good karma pays off, and tonight, it shows me that it does, it only takes time, but you have to be patient. I work at Johnny Carino's, and any server knows that some server books can carry a lot of money. I have found countless books with 2 or 3 twenties in them, but if they had a name, I have always turned them in. I regreted every time I turned the money in when one night, someone stole my apron I set down for 5 minutes, along with all the money I had made that weekend and the 210 dollars I owed the store. I almost lost my job becuase someone decided to take something that didn't belong to them. I was angry that it happened, but I continued on using the Golden Rule, and tonight, good karma has finally paid off.

This really did happen to me tonight, and I just feel the urge to let everyone know. Treat others as you would like to be treated. How can you expect others to respect you if you don't respect them?