"Good bye, Mom"
I was shopping at a Wal-Mart and noticed a little old lady following me around. I stopped, she stopped. Furthermore she kept staring at me.
She finally overtook me at the checkout, and she turned to me and said, "I hope I haven't made you feel ill at ease. It's just that you look so much like my late son."
I answered, "That's okay."
"I know it's silly, but if you'd call out "Good bye, Mom" as I leave the store," it would make me feel so happy."
She then went through the checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, I called out, "Good bye, Mom."
The little old lady waved, and smiled back at me. Pleased that I had brought a little sunshine into someone's day, I went to pay for my groceries.
"That comes to $121.85," said the clerk.
Surprised, I said, "How come so much...I only bought 5 items."
The clerk replied, "Yeah, but your Mother said you'd be paying for her things too."
From a forwarded e-mail
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