I was in the market for a tree for my front yard. I had cut down a scrub oak and had the roots ground. Sabina had told me about a unique tree that she had spent several years trying to find one. I was at the local nursery (one that Sabina visited frequently) and ran into a guy and asked if they had this tree (lavender twist, It is a contorted weeping red bud that never get much taller then five feet.) To my surprise he had one and at a price I totally could afford. I had looked at a bunch of places on line and they were either tinny or all told out. My problem was I didn't have my roots ground yet and couldn't seem to get a hold of the stomp grinder guy. So I had to place to put this tree yet. This guy at the nursery said he could put it on hold for me for two days. I was so excited so he took my name and said he would take care of it. The next day I got my stump ground and was so excited to put this tree in. So on Saturday the day I needed to pick up by tree that was on hold Sabina and I went to the nursery to get the tree and some other plants for my new bed. We get there and pick out all our plants for the bed and we are about ready to go check out and this same guy runs into us and we get talking and he remembers Sabina. Anyway it comes out the he forgot to put the tree on hold and he had sold it to someone else. I was so heart broken. He went to check if he could get a hold of one. He came back and told me he felt so bad for messing up and would personally find one for me and bring it to my house on Wed. Wed comes and I haven't heard anything from him and all of the sudden he drives up with this beautiful tree sticking out of his truck. We left it over to its spot and it is twice the tree of the one I had on hold. He tells my to look at the tag and its twice the price which I was still ok with. Then he hands me the receipt for what he paid because he got it on wholesale. which was $40 cheaper and I thought great I give him $15 more then he paided as a thank you for hand delivering it to my house which still was saving me quite a bit. He told me he couldn't take that much and was so sorry he had made the mistake and not gotten the tree on hold for me and wished me a happy mothers day and gave me $25 dollars back. So he ended up giving me the tree for $5 less then he bought it for and he had to drive like 30 min to pick it up and he hand delivered it to my house. So know every time I look at that tree I will think of his kindness and try to think of a way I can share that kindness with someone else.
My kindness tree seems really happy and it putting out lots of new leaves everyday.
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