Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Kurtis, The Stock Boy & Brenda, The Checkout Girl

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice
came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was
almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the
new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he was
only 22) and he fell in love.


Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find
out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card
and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only
to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left
the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she
accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again,
outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible.



He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a
baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted
his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived
at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The
baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well,
let's take the kids with us."



She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not
taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet
her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis
thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a
paraplegic with Down Syndrome.



Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids can't
come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman
with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband
and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a
different mindset.



That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the
movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he
needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and
brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda
knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life
with.


A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children.
Since then they have added two more kids.



So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well,
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona , where he is currently employed
as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his
Cardinals IN THE 2009 SUPER BOWL! Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.



Why I’m rootin’ for the Cardinals.....

12 comments:

Jane said...

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/warner.asp
It's a nice story, but while some of it's correct, most of it is quite off. The child was dropped not born with Downs, Kurt knew about the children, etc. Still it's a touching story, if not moreso than the fictional one. Just thought you would like to know.
JK
Boston

KK said...

Actually, Jane - I had always heard the child was dropped at infancy. Thanks for the link

This story was passed along to me by the Gov of Texas ....so I was not going to be the one to correct him! :-)

KK said...

Actually, Jane - I had always heard the child was dropped at infancy. Thanks for the link

This story was passed along to me by the Gov of Texas ....so I was not going to be the one to correct him! :-)

Anonymous said...

I have heard the story both ways too. Either way it took a hell of a man to do what he did

I am a HUGE Kurt Warner fan

Actually, his wife is a motivational speaker and quite good at it

Emily said...

Well I didn't really care about who won the Superbowl, but now I will be cheering for Arizona. What an amazing story!! Thanks for sharing.

CageQueen said...

I agree with the first commenter tha while it is not an entirely true story, it is in fact very nice. At th every least it prompted me to research Mr. Warner more. I was directed to his charity, which explains in detail his devotion to God, which first and foremost enamores me to him. I will root for him on Sunday now, too.

kristyo15 said...

Thank you for sharing! Now I know who to pull for on Sunday...before this, I didn't really care!

Anonymous said...

This makes watching on Sunday rather special!!! I know who I will be rooting for too! Thanks for a lovely story, made my somewhat boring day brighter!!!

Anonymous said...

thanks for the great story kristi! makes us realize how blessed we are!

Elizabeth said...

My husband called me this afternoon to tell me about a story he just heard on the radio and it was this same one. :) Very touching.

Sher said...

I like this. Gives me a reason to care about who wins.

Anonymous said...

I like the story, not a football fan unless the Longhorns are playing. Hey Kristi have you heard they are finally dredging the mouth of the San Bernard, started this week, don't know if you keep up with The Facts newspaper but there was a story. I am hoping to make a boat trip this weekend down to the mouth to see what is happening.