Parking Attendant

We are fortunate enough to have season tickets to both the Sounders and Seahawks.  A few years ago a friend of ours gave us a business card that gave us access to a prime parking location.  We still have to walk a few blocks to the stadium but we don't have to pay for parking.  For me, it makes the games much more enjoyable.  I have always hated paying to park.

Over the past few years the parking attendant has been the same young gentleman.  (I'm guessing he is in his mid twenties, maybe early thirties).   He has always seemed pretty friendly and we feel like we know him. 

The last Sounders game was very cold and this is when we got the idea to bring this man a coffee for the next game.  So tonight we ordered a Starbucks mocha, made sure it was extra hot and delivered it to our parking attendant.   We finally introduced ourselves and started chatting with him.   He told us he had never been to a Sounders game but he did like watching soccer.    Since we had two extra tickets that we were unable to get ride of we asked him if he wanted to use them.  He told us his wife probably wouldn't let him.  We encouraged him to ask her to come too.

He had to finish his job as a parking attendant and call his wife but together they joined us at halftime to watch the rest of a very fun Sounders game.

It was so fun to meet someone new, learn a little about their life, and to know that it was a blessing to them.  

I love being blessed by others but it is truly so much better to bless others.