https://freerepublic.com/tag/loveandcompassion/ en-us Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:36:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/707618/posts GRAND ISLAND, Neb. The boy -- 9 years old, neatly dressed, a very polite child -- walked up and extended his hand. The gesture caught me by surprise. I was in a Wal-Mart store here -- and this was not an encounter I had come to the store expecting. "Thank you," the boy said softly. He smiled. The adults with him -- they are his foster parents -- then introduced me to the boy, and to his two younger sisters. "He's been wanting to say thanks," the foster father said. I had to turn my head away, because I didn't... Jewish World Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/707618/posts#comment Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:36:05 GMT