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\u201cHow can that be, baby?\u201d the old woman muttered in confusion, sorting through the coins again. \u201cI counted at home. I counted everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Behind me, someone sighed in annoyance. The line was growing, and people were in a hurry to get home out of the bad weather. I looked at the shrunken figure of the old woman, at her hands red from the cold, at her cheap groceries, and something tugged inside me. How many times had I walked past someone else\u2019s grief, pretending not to notice? How many times had I turned away so as not to see someone else\u2019s need? But today, something made me step forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>Candace<\/span><\/strong>, ring it up with mine,\u201d I said, handing a twenty-dollar bill over the old woman\u2019s shoulder. \u201cI will pay for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOh, honey, really, you do not have to,\u201d the old woman flustered, turning around. \u201cI will just put something back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo not worry about it, ma\u2019am.\u201d I smiled warmly. \u201cIt is nothing, not even worth mentioning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHow can that be, baby?\u201d the old woman muttered in confusion, sorting through the coins again. \u201cI counted at home. I counted everything.\u201d Behind me, someone sighed in annoyance. The line was growing, and people were in a hurry to get home out of the bad weather. I looked at the shrunken figure of the…<\/p>\n

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