They don't need to.
Posted on 01/21/2009 7:45:15 AM PST by smartyaz
This is a true story.
KURTIS THE STOCK BOY AND BRENDA THE CHECKOUT GIRL
In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he was only 22) and he fell in love.
Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible.
He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well, let's take the kids with us."
She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Down Syndrome.
Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids can't come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a different mindset.
That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with.
A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added two more kids.
So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona. If you tune in on 1 February ,
you can watch him quarterback the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl against the
Pittsburg Steelers! Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was
not an ordinary person? Some athletes are also great people.
It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.
He has also been the NLF's Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl's MVP.
On Sunday, 1 Feb I'll be rooting for Kurt and the Cards.
Ram fan for Kurt here!
“...and now you know the rest of the story.”
Great story...
Cute Story.
Pittsburgh Steelers dont read cute stories.
A wonderful story, but with a caveat: I believe their disabled son was not born that way, but suffered brain damage when he was dropped by Brenda’s first husband. Still, what a story!
Correction - they have five kids, don’t forget the twins!
He’s also going to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
That said - Go Steelers! There's just something about a northern tier team that still plays outside on real turf.
Amazing! Still, GO STEELERS!
Cute story but apparently a lot of mistakes:
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/warner.asp
They should make a movie of this man’s life.
You had to go and ruin everything with a bunch of facts. Thanks. :-)
The real story is even more inspiring than the e-mail.
They don't need to.
Hey! Where’d you find my picture?
You ought to research snopes and see what a sham it is. That is, whenever you have time from peeing on people’s posts.
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