Mindfulness

Hello from guest blogger, Lisa Robinson! Last weekend, while out running errands and picking up some gifts, I really noticed that the holiday shopping season is here. More cars were in the parking lots, and some people seemed aggravated by the navigation challenges. In the grocery store, after taking all the items out of my cart and putting them on the conveyor belt, I noticed that a young woman and her boyfriend were in front of me trying to figure out if their desired purchases fit into the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program that provides healthy food to households that meet certain income guidelines. This was a complicated process. The cashier, a man over 40, kept referring to the mother’s documents from WIC and comparing them to her food items. I was a captive audience since it would have been a big deal for me to gather up all my items, put them back in the cart, and find another line. I took a deep breath and watched the scene playing out in front of me. The mother’s boyfriend apologized for it taking so long, and I just smiled and told him it was ok. The person I found most interesting was the cashier. He sent one of the bagging clerks back to the refrigerated food area to get the right jugs of milk for the WIC program. He shared his pen with the mother so she could mark