Tomato Frenzy

It’s like winning the lottery!

Today at work a woman came into the business to take care of her account. She was carrying a plastic grocery bag that seemed rather heavily laden. I had been dealing with this woman — and her husband and two kids — for around four years. I thoroughly love this woman. She ALWAYS has a smile on her face.

Mind you, she often bitches about things. She bitches about her husband and her kids and her job and about life in general but whenever she bitches about something she always has a smile on her face. People bitch at me all the time and I try to let it roll off of me like water off a duck’s back. But when this particular woman bitches about something she somehow manages to turn it into something delightful that I don’t mind hearing about. Very few people can do that.

When we finished our business she hoisted the grocery bag onto the counter and said, “This is for you.”

I looked inside the bag and saw about 7 or 8 large, very red and very ripe organic home-grown tomatoes!

I was speechless and utterly beside myself with profound joy! Finally, I was able to speak, “But it’s still early July. You’ve got tomatoes already?

She rolled her eyes, “Yeah, well, my darling weirdo husband decided to set out tomato plants two weeks earlier than he did last…