Store Clerk Helps Girl Carry Huge Bags Home, Learns She’ll Be Celebrating Christmas Alone – Story of the Day
Natalie’s parents worked far from home, and all she longed for was to spend Christmas with them. After making a wish to Santa, and with the aid of a grocery cashier, her dream came true.
Julian was raised in a humble home by parents who both worked as low-ranking civil servants. He had aspirations to go to college, but his parents couldn’t afford to pay for him.
So, he moved out of home and got a job as a cashier at a grocery store to save the little he could for college. His parents’ inability to invest in his dreams caused a rift between them.
Julian didn’t understand that they honestly couldn’t afford it and resented them for their lack of faith in him. He resorted to going out on his own and making his own way.
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While he missed his parents, what really broke his heart was not seeing his younger sister, whom he adored dearly. It had been a couple of years since he had gone home, and as Christmas was around the corner, he began to miss them.
One day, as he was working, he noticed a young girl, Natalie, struggling with a large number of groceries.
Natalie was ten years old, around the same age as Julian’s sister.
Julian had often seen her buying groceries alone but never bothered to inquire why such a young girl was always buying groceries.
As he watched the girl shuffle with the grocery bags, something inside him urged him to help. He felt for her and couldn’t ignore her strong resemblance to his sister. He told his manager he was going on a break and ran out to help the girl.
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“Hey! You need help?” he yelled, running towards Natalie.
“Thank you so much, sir!” said Natalie gracefully. Julian grabbed the bags, and they walked to her house.
“I see you come to the store often. What’s your name?” Julian asked.
“I see you too. I’m Natalie,” she said.
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“Oh, well. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Natalie. I’m Julian. You know, I have a little sister just about your age,” Julian said with a friendly beam.
“Oh, that’s nice. Where is she? Maybe we could play together,” Natalie chirped.
“That would be nice. But she’s not around; she lives at home with my parents,” Julian said before taking a long pause. Then, he finally asked, “Where are your parents, Natalie? I mean, it’s a bit unusual for a little girl like yourself to be handling all this responsibility by herself.”