zandertoyI spent most of my morning buying a wonderful gift for my Mom for her bday. I got her the most beautiful Jade necklace.
The woman I bought it from was named LIly. She is a 65year old vietnamese woman who is completely amazing. We started talking after she found out the gift was for my Mothers bday and that story really touched her heart.
We ended up chatting about her past experiences in life. She told me about how she got ripped off in Hong Kong and about her awful experience eating congee at a restaurant. There was a huge ass cockroach inside of the congee. Because she is so kind and considerate she told me she did not make a scene but instead calmly told the waiter about the cockroach and the manager came over and instead of being friendly about it he told her to Get out in chinese and kind of shoved her.
Well, long story short I told her about an experience that I had with the old Korean man I gave money to that promised to send me money after I stupidly gave him my address. Her reply was that the money he borrowed can be paid back and easily forgotten but the kind gesture of your heart to lend him the money will last forever. I completely agreed with her. Her whole attitude about life is to do good and the good will come back.
I was really touched by her stories and am so happy that I bought this beautiful jade necklace from her because the pendant now means so much more to me. Her stories about her life will never be forgotten in my-mind and my mother is the best example of a woman with a wonderful warm heart.
I took several pictures of me and my mom and plan to send a thank you card to Lily with a picture of my Mom and I telling her thank you for her stories and her help with the purchase.
