THE FOOTNOTES

We went to a local garden shop this afternoon, and after arriving, we were confronted
by a man we did not know. He had seen my WWII cap, and wanted to shake my hand. He thanked me for my service and said his father, now deceased, had been in the army in the Pacific in WWII. He then added that for the service I had given, I should get everything for free. A nice sentiment. I thanked him for his thoughts, and let it go at that.
When it came to ordering the things we had come to buy, the clerk informed us that the stranger we had just met had instructed her to give us anything we wanted up to $200 dollars worth and he would pay for it. We couldn't believe it. The man had since left the scene. We didn't even know his name until the clerk told us. We decided we would accept the 36 dollar amount we were going to spend anyway. We couldn't abuse the kindness he showed us Does he deserve a blessing, or what?.
The hat is shown above.