True Story

< True Story:
< In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was
< busily working when a new voice
< came over the asking for a carryout at check
< register 4.
<
< As he approached the check-out stand, a smile
< caught his eye; the new check
< out girl was beautiful. She was an older
< woman (maybe 26; he was only
< 22).
<
<
< 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.
<
< 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. He
< offered to pay for the
< baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted his
< offer for a date 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, lets take
< the kids with us."
<
< She tried to explain that taking the children
< was not an option, but he
< wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. Finally,
< Brenda, brought him inside to
< meet her children. She had a cute older
< daughter. Then Brenda brought out
< her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a
< paraplegic, with Down syndrome.
< Kurtis told 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 was disabled. Her prior
< husband, the father of the kids,
< had done that.
<
< That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the
< kids and went to dinner and the
< movies. When her son needed anything, Kurtis
< took care of him. When he
< needed to use the rest room, Kurtis picked
< him up out of his chair . 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 the stock boy and check
< out girl?
<
< Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in St. Louis,
< where he plays quarterback for
< the St. Louis Rams. Kurt won the NFL MVP
< award this year.