Good Guys Can Finish First

WowCoach(tm)
Special Edition
Feb.1, 2002

Please note the next full WowCoach will be coming
out on Monday.  I read this story, and thought it 
very appropriate for those within North America.  I
also think it is interesting for all of us to see and understand
the power of living our authentic lives - and the impact
that can and wil have on others around us.

janice
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Good Guys Can Finish First

Kurtis was a stock boy in the Hy-Vee Supermarket in Cedar
Falls, Iowa. One day when he was busily working in back,
he heard a new voice come over the intercom asking for a
carry out at register no. 4.

He was almost finished and wanted to get some fresh air,
so decided to answer the call. As Kurtis 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.....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 and took her card, 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.

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 again not taking no for an answer, he
pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet
her children.

She had a older daughter who was just cute as a bug,
Kurtis thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in
a wheelchair, he was born a paraplegic with Down's
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 did.

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 go to
the restroom, he picked him up out of his chair, took
him, 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 the stock boy and check-out girl?
Well, Mr.& Mrs. Kurt Warner, now live in St. Louis,
where he is employed by the St. Louis Rams and plays
quarterback.


Note: For those of you that receive the 52Best stories
in the 91 countries outside of the United States, each
year the U.S. professional football teams go through
playoffs to get down to two teams. These play in the Super
Bowl which is this Sunday in New Orleans. The two teams
this year are the New England Patriots and the St. Louis
Rams. Kurt Warner is the quarterback and leader of the St.
Louis Rams.

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