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it was not what I expected it was more I got this house and I got
two bags of groceries, i banged on the door, door opens and this woman about this tall
stares up at me like this right
and I said hi and it was very obvious she didn't speak any English she
screams when she saw all this food
and by the way this woman had five children and husband what I didn't know
is that the husband left her three days before
with no money no food and five kids
so i got theses bags, so she's screaming she grabbed me, start pulling my neck and kissing me
I said no no no no
i said, i'm the delivery boy, delivery boy and I was ... she didn't understand a word i was saying
so reached in my pocket, i gave her the note
flipped it over she read it in Spanish and she started to bawl
then she started Kissing me again, i said no no I the delivery boy
you know, i'm ... trying to show her, she was ... gift from God gift from God
then I'm trying not to bawl, so i'm like, you know, where do I put this
and I'm doing everything to hold it together, i'm smiling but i wanna cry
and she just pointed, it wasn't a big house it was like room, so i went over, i put the stuff on
and just i was trying to put the stuff on i hear these screams and all of a sudden
BAM, BAM, 2 boys hit me, one leg and the other
these 2 little guys just tack on me, right, when they saw the food they went crazy
when they saw the pumpkin pie it was over
so i said come out with me come out with me, so they came out
we kept bringing these groceries & I'm telling you
it was like, i don't know how to describe it I was like the most euphoric
fun, passionate, loving, it was like they were my little brothers, you know
We brought all the stuff in, and they were all laughing, they lit up
and then I've done it all, it was time to go and I didn't wanna go, they didn't want me to go
this one little boy wouldn't let go of my leg and looking up to me, hugging me
but i had to go make the other delivery
so I turn to this woman, i said i gotta go you know
then she said okay whatever her language was, but i knew it meant okay, right
so I wanted to leave, than she grabbed my arm
and she started having tears on her eyes
and I said, I wanted to say "happy Thanksgiving" but I didn't know spanish, so i went
feliz navidad
i figured i was close and she started ... she went from crying to laughing, right !
and then she grabbed me and gave me this big hug and the kids were giving me these hugs
i got out, walked off, they were staying on the porch
I got in this old van, and drove it out and as i was turning around
i looked at the rear view mirror
and i was feeling all this emotion building up in my body
I looked in the mirror and I saw mama
standing on the porch with her kids, all the kids smiled mama standing there
crying hysterically and smiling from ear to ear
and I couldn't keep it together, i just ...
I was right there, i stopped to the in the street i started bawling uncontrollably
i was just thinking, you know, this is a beautiful thing, you know, why is this making me cry ?
it's a great thing, why am I so emotional about this ?
and then I got it, I realized in that moment
that the worst day of my life, my father leaving
had actually been the best day of my life