politeness

Backstory – Courtesy In our adult, two-person family, kind words are natural and spoken often.  I wondered how good we were about being kind to each other as the kids were growing up.  I remember one request for politeness that worked.  I asked one day that everyone ask, “May I be excused?” before leaving the […]

I was coming around the corner in the grocery store. So was he. Whew . . . close call with our carts. “Excuse me,” he smiled. “No problem,” I replied with a smile as generous as his. We were so kind and polite to each other, we two strangers. I was proud of us both. […]