The Personal Pizza Touch

(I start working at a local take-and-bake pizza place, and instantly become good friends with my boss. A few months after I started working there, my husband gets sick and has to stop working, as do I to care for him. I walk into the pizza place with $5 to my name to get my children some dinner.)

Boss: “What pizza do you want?”

Me: “Just a $5 [Specialty Pizza].”

Boss: “Why not let the kids pick [Personal Pizzas] for themselves?”

Me: “Because I only have $5, so the $2.50 pizza with my discount is literally all I can afford right now…”

Boss: “You come with me!”

(She takes us into the back and gives each of my children their own personal pizza and one pizza for my husband and me.)

Boss: “Enjoy your dinner, and have a great night!”

(It wasn’t much, but that pizza got us two full meals and through a rough time.)