The people you meet - day 6

I was not going to have much to tell about the day, since this was a planned non-travel day. We were hoping to be able to visit Fort Stewart; however that was not able to be arranged. I took a much needed nap and tried to catch up on some emails and writing this journal.

This evening we went to dinner and met a family that turned out to bless us as much as they said we blessed them. The restaurant was a Japanese Steakhouse, where they cook the food right in front of you and perform little tricks as they cook. We were seated with a family of three, mom, dad and their little guy that looked about 7 (we later found out he was only 5). During casual conversation “Are you from around here” kind of thing…we had the opportunity to share what we are doing and why. As all you guys know, I am a very shy person, so the conversation was hard for me to carry on. Come to find out this young mother has been battling breast cancer (in remission for 2 years), so she had an emotional connection to the “fighting attitude” I share with them. So as we continued eating and talking (no, I didn’t talk with food in my mouth) the young man got up, to go to the restroom I assumed, and came back about 5 minutes later. As we said our goodbyes the young lady came over and gave me a hug, then her son followed suit and her husband shook my hand and thanked me. When the missus went to pay the bill, we found out that the husband didn’t go to the restroom, he paid our bill. Why couldn’t he be one of Georgia’s finest? Come to think of it, the whole family was Georgia’s FINEST.