The Artful Trade

Dyslexic W. Maguire copyright@2018 In Bethlehem.... Pennsylvania... a woman crept up to a Nativity scene in the middle of the night and approached the statue of the baby Jesus.  Then she stole it. And a nervous young man, who spent his entire savings on a ring fell to his knees in Times Sq., about to ask a girl to end his loneliness. The ring slipped from his hands, rolled away and disappeared down a subway grate. At the same time a little girl in Mexico attached a letter to Santa to a balloon. The only way she could think of sending her silent prayer to the North Pole. The ring was recovered. She said yes.  And so the young man was saved from his loneliness.  The balloon never made it to the North Pole. But it was found by a widowed rancher in Arizona. He saw the letter and decided to answer that little girl's prayer. Jesus and the woman that needed saving so badly that she tried to steal it, are still missing.  Both will be recovered though. 

Faithful Will Maguire copyright@2018 I was in Walmart today to return a small space heater I bought. Turns out I must be more cold hearted than I knew...need a bigger heater.   In front of me is a girl, maybe 21, army coat...gloves with holes. She's paying an installment on a layaway for some Xmas presents for her little girl. Counting dollar bills and change. The manager quietly tells her that someone came in earlier...asked to pay off all the pending December layaways for kids presents. He said this man had paid off her entire debt...and that she owed nothing. She starts crying of course, which was sweet. Very sweet...relief mixed with surprise and gratitude. The manager pulls out his phone and takes a pic because real selfless generousity is like Sasquatch. He needed proof I suppose. Some people in line behind me heard and asked if all Christmas layaways were cleared or just hers. He said all...they started crying too. I'm watching all this..and started hu