School Can Be Anywhere

Last week we were in WalMart doing some of our shopping.  A very sweet elderly lady smiled as she approached us and asked "Are they twins?!?".  I explained to her that they are 8 months apart.  She told me what "lucky girls" they are.  Brinley noticed her insulin  pump and asked what it was.  Mrs. Martha, as we learned her name was, gave the girls a little lesson on diabetes right there in front of the Campbell's soup. She took out her little kit, swiped her finger with an alcohol pad, pricked it and checked her levels in a jiffy.  Brinley and Bailey were of course full of questions.

Next thing I knew Mrs Martha was showing the girls where her pump actually attached to her body just under her waist.  I'm sure other shoppers were wondering why we were having this lesson in WalMart.  Learning happens every where.  Even in front of the Campbell's soup.  We ran into Mrs. Martha a couple more times that day in WalMart.  She told me about her great grandbaby who was just a few months old and had been born without a palette. What a sweet lady she was.  Brinley and Bailey both hugged her the last time we saw her that day.  Hopefully someday we will run into Mrs. Martha again.  She said her pastor's son has children from China.  If anyone reads this and knows Mrs. Martha from Lexington, SC please let me know.  :)  Meeting her was quite a treat for all of us!