A Chance Encounter With Real Love

Apr 06, 2019, 6 smiles I was traveling and needed to find a laundromat. Getting coffee at McDonald's, I spied a laundromat across the parking lot and drove over to get some much-needed washing done. A lady in khaki shorts and a coral top stood out front. “Have you ever been here before?” she asked me warily. Oh, no, I thought. Not one of THOSE laundromats. The kind people warn you about – dimly lit, with gritty floors covered in dryer sheets and sticky substances spilled on the washers? “It’s the cleanest laundromat I have ever been in,” she said, her eyes widening. And she was absolutely right. I walked in and a woman who worked there greeted me. She was wearing an apron and pushing a laundry cart full of cleaning supplies. It turned out she never stopped cleaning, except to greet people as they came in – in both English and Spanish – and to help them fold blankets. She ... Read Full Story