A Caffeinated Christmas Miracle
(It’s Christmas Eve. I’m waiting tables with one other waitress for the night at a diner. This waitress is a sweetheart, but has had a terrible year. She was evicted from her apartment shortly after her boyfriend died, leaving her a homeless single mother, crashing on couches, trying to finish her last year of nursing school. A man who comes in regularly asks to be placed at one of her tables. He orders a single cup of coffee, and asks for the check.)
Customer: “Miss, I have my money to pay.”
Waitress: “All right. So, that’s $1.10.”
(The customer takes her hand in his, places a wad of money in it, and closes it.)
Customer: “Merry Christmas. Keep the change.”
(He left without saying another word. She opened her hand and burst into uncontrollable tears when she found $500.00 with a note that said ‘For Mama and Baby.’)
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