The pennies.

My joy at work today…came from something completely unexpected. It was early in the morning, I couldn’t have helped 5 customers when I sold a cup of coffee and turnover to an adorable old lady. She, is part of the ‘coffee-cult’. At approximately 9:03 a.m. daily, these ladies stroll into the café with exactly a dollar six in their hands for their either regular or de-caff coffee, and – if you remember which kind they prefer they are SO proud. With their cups in hand, they congregate to the large table in the corner for at least a minimum of an hour of ‘chatting’. They simply adore Laura and I, we are their favorites and they can’t get enough of us. They love my hair, and Lauras rosy cheeks and they never fail to mention it. Sometimes they will be spontaneous and spring for a pastry, on those mornings when they are feeling ‘adventurous’. Well, today was one of those days. The sale I mentioned earlier went to my favorite of the coffee cult, Anna, always clad in pastel sweater suits and pearls, so small, and the sweetest smile on the planet. Well, I gave her the coffee and pastry and turned back to my register to set everything in order. As I glanced down, something caught my eye and blew me away. I looked at the money tray, with its rows of dull green bills, and small sections of silver coins and it was drab, but in the corner, something glowed a lovely copper. I felt my moth open in awe as I stared, we had a container of completely brand new pennies, everyone of them completely perfect and they shown amidst the drabness. That lovely gold color, not a scratch on them and everyone dated 2004. I touched them with my finger tips, and just sighed at how beautiful they were. Those lovely little circles of copper.