If....

"If you and Deb won the lottery would you give us some of the money?"
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After I picked myself up off the floor and and after a few moments of trying to process the question I was no clearer than when I fell off the chair. Give some one money? Now I have long and colorful history of loaning money, and giving money and paying for things, and bailing folks out of tight spots and never getting it back, or not getting thanked, or it just plain not working so the whole IDEA of PURPOSELY giving someone money was very difficult to grasp.


Okay this is a joke, or maybe a carefully crafted ethics dilemma then I realized that she was serious. I also realized that I was taking a very long time to answer. Before I could answer she continued...


"Well I just wanted to let you know that my husband and I have decided that if we win the lottery we would give you and Deb some of it."


I was not sure how to react to such a honest, innocent and wholly open gesture. "Why?" (Can you believe all I could muster was "Why?")


We had a long discussion and yes we would give them money; after all they have us on their lottery list (among other very serious and well founded reasons).


I wonder if my children have me and their mother on their lists. Hmmmm.