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> >  > For those that didn't know (and I'm one that didn't) read further:
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > In a supermarket, Kurtis, the stock boy, was busily working when a
> new
> >  > voice
> >  > came over intercom the asking for a carryout at check register 4.
> >  >
> >  > As he approached the check-out stand, a smile caught his eye; the
> new
> >  > check
> >  > out girl was beautiful.  She was an older woman (maybe 26; he was
> only
> >  > 22).
> >  >
> >  > 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.
> >  >
> >  > 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.  He offered to pay for the
> >  > baby-sitter.  Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date 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, lets take the kids with us."
> >  >
> >  > She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option,
> but he
> >  > wouldn't take 'no' for an answer.  Finally, Brenda, brought him
> inside
> to
> >  > meet her children.  She had a cute older daughter.  Then Brenda
> brought
> >  > out
> >  > her son, in a wheelchair.  He was born a paraplegic, with Down
> syndrome.
> >  > Kurtis told 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 was disabled.  Her prior husband, the father of
> the
> >  > kids,
> >  > had done that.
> >  >
> >  > That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids and went to
> dinner
> and
> >  > the
> >  > movies.  When her son needed anything, Kurtis took care of him.
> When
> he
> >  > needed to use the rest room, Kurtis picked him up out of his chair.
> 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 the stock boy and check out girl?
> >  >
> >  > Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in St. Louis, where he plays
> quarterback
> >  > for
> >  >
> >  > the St. Louis Rams.  Kurt won the NFL MVP award this year.
> >  >
> >  > He'll be playing Sunday in the Superbowl.