{"id":61270,"date":"2025-09-07T18:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61270"},"modified":"2025-09-07T18:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:38:42","slug":"validating-rightnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61270","title":{"rendered":"Validating Rightnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kerri's<\/p>\n

My husband isn\u2019t going to be happy I\u2019m posting this. Tonight, we were at Walmart and as we were checking out, we overheard this young guy’s conversation with the cashier.<\/p>\n

He said, \u2018I worked all summer long. So, I told my mom she didn\u2019t have to spend a dime on my school supplies this year.\u2019 Next thing I know my husband is shaking this guy\u2019s hand and paying for his school supplies.<\/p>\n

Alan has always valued hard work and he encouraged this guy to continue doing what he was doing, and his future could go anywhere he wanted to take it. I didn\u2019t want to post this just to brag on my husband. But also to brag on this young guy! In a world where we are so quick to ‘share’ the bad things going on, I thought this was just the kind of goodness I needed to see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My husband isn\u2019t going to be happy I\u2019m posting this. Tonight, we were at Walmart and as we were checking out, we overheard this young guy’s conversation with the cashier. He said, \u2018I worked all summer long. So, I told my mom she didn\u2019t have to spend a dime on my school supplies this year.\u2019 … <\/p>\n

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