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, where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his Cardinals in the hunt for a possible appearance in the Super Bowl. Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he
was not an ordinary person.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.

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A great story but only partially true. Snopes has the whole thing and it is even better.

snopes.com: Kurt Warner Tale

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Raising my baby RIGHT!!!!!!

All the cool babies are wearing cloth!

Thanks for correcting me I passed it on without checking.

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The political system is broke and it's a joke.

Wow. That's great, though it's plain weird that the Snopes article implies that Catholics are not Christians. (I'm neither, so I don't really care, but it struck me as odd.)

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- Stephen Colbert.

He's from Iowa. Catholics ARE Christians.

I read the whole snopes article and I don't see where they imply Catholics are not Christian.

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Mary

Neither do I. I did see that he was "raised Catholic and had a spiritual awaking. but that is sure different than not being a Christian.
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The email I recieved had this at the bottom-
My DH said if he plays good in coming game he may have a chance at another win for most valuable player.
With some of the bad things we see about sports figures I was so happy to read something good about one!

It says he embraced his Christianity. This doesn't imply that Catholics are not Christian -- they are, it just simply states that he embraced his Christianity. I am Catholic -- born and raised but I didn't truly embrace my faith for my own until I was in my late twenties. That's my take on it - whether he's Catholic or another denomination of Christianity isn't the point.

It's a lovely story -- both versions and thanks for posting it OP -- it had me teary eyed.

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Cecilia

"We must love them both--those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject. For both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in the finding of it."
Saint Thomas Aquinas

I had heard this story before, but only the abbreviated version. The snopes version is great. Thanks to both of you for passing it on.

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Kim

annadrose thanks so much for posting a truly inspriing story and it goes to show all of us there are truly wonderful caring people out there. Sometimes we all need to read a story as such to put things into their proper prospective. Peace. Catherine

Very interesting story.

Oh, ok. I guess I misinterpreted what they were saying.

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If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition, and then admit that we just don't want to do it.

- Stephen Colbert.

Kurt Warner is truly one of the good guys. I hope he brings the Cardinals to a SuperBowl win....what a sweet victory that will be!

cj/

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Thanks Anna, I needed that sweet story this Friday night!!

Donna

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