Distracted
But Kathy had other things on her mind that day. Her heart ached as she walked down the aisles, looking at all the things she couldn’t afford. She couldn’t tell her children that it was going to be different this year. She felt like a failure. But she had other worries, too. The woman’s behavior had unsettled her. As a precaution, she opened up the child’s seat in her shopping cart and carefully placed the purse with her last $50 on top of it – intending to keep a close eye on it.