Last night as we left our local Chinese restaurant we favor in Bismarck, we were asked by a young couple pushing a stroller what was cheaper, that restaurant or the one just south of it. We told them we were not sure and recommended the one we just came out of. I said good night to my son and his three kids after a bit of horse play with the grandkids. As I departed I seen the young couple standing against the building looking over a menu. I stopped my car, backed up to them and asked them why they were not eating and it came out that they had no money to speak of on them due to fleeing a bad family situation in another town and coming to Bismarck. Although I was blocking the parking lot, I got out of the car and said let’s go get something to eat. They fussed at first and I said I am doing this in honor of a young boy from SW Wisconsin. I told them the story of Derek and acts of Kindness and said all I ask is that someday when you are where you can, pay it forward to someone you see that needs a helping hand. The clerk looked puzzled but took my card and I paid and they went and got a meal in their stomach. I pray they are doing ok tonight
Robert Dilley
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