Rain Queen

I have made it a habit to try and shop at the most inexpensive grocery stores. Much to my husband's dismay I don't have the time or energy to carouse through weekly fliers or to cut coupons (even if I did cut the coupons with shopping with a one year-old and a five year-old who are we kidding that I have time to study the product to make sure I have the right one to get my 25 cents off, or that that itsy bit of paper is going to make it to the check out in one piece).
Although we do save money on non-name brand products, I have often felt that customer service sometimes leaves something to be desired at these discount chains. Whether it be a store clerk starting to bag the next customer's groceries before I have had a chance to pack all of my bags into our cart to never being offered to have help with my groceries, these are just things I have come to learn go with the territory, that is until a couple of weeks ago.
It was a rainy day in our town and thankfully my mother-in-law was still visiting from the Thanksgiving holiday, so the plan was for me to run into the store for our Tuesday Taco Night essentials while she stayed in the car with the girls. I grabbed my umbrella and made a dash through the puddles. As I came upon the entrance, by all outwardly appearances the store looked the same. Massively big doors, carts lined up for miles, and everyone going about their business. However, what came next was more like something out of a dream as compared to my normal shopping experience. First a worker offered me a plastic rain bag for my umbrella. I think I turned around, assuming there was no way she was talking to me. Next, another worker offered me a dry shopping cart, along with a smile. What did I do to deserve the royal treatment?
In a book I read recently the author emphasized that we should remind ourselves we are children of the most high God, and that we do in fact have royal blood flowing through us (no matter where we shop). If we are to notice it and take pride in this fact ourselves, others can't help but notice too.
Maybe the staff at the grocery chain was just in a good mood, but maybe it was something more, I'm betting on the something more.