The manager (or the man I assume was the manager) came over to our table and haltingly told us that a man had been watching our family and had noticed how well behaved our children were and that because of their good behavior he had decided to pay our tab of over $40!

To say we were shocked and surprised would have been an understatement.

And what a lesson for me! Because in my eyes the children hadn't been behaving all that well; Caleb kept putting his feet in his chair and turning around and Bess kept playing with the straw in her cup. To me they were not being very “good” at all. Not “bad” but still requiring way too much of my attention. I was only seeing the "bad" while he was seeing the "good".

This man blessed and encouraged us in ways I can't even explain and he humbled us by his simple, yet profound gift and he reminded us of the need for us to be bestowers of such gifts upon others.

Maybe I should have entitled this angels among us.