Are You God's wife? By Leo Buscaglia

Are You God's wife?
By Leo Buscaglia

An eye witness account from New York City, on a cold
day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about
10 years old, was standing before a shoe store on the
roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and
shivering with cold.

A lady approached the young boy and said, "My, but
you're in such deep thought staring in that window!"

"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the
boy's reply.

The lady took him by the hand, went into the store,
and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks
for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a
basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to
her.

She took the little fellow to the back part of the
store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his
little feet, and dried them with the towel.

By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks.
Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him
a pair of shoes.

She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them
to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt,
you will be more comfortable now."

As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by
the hand, and looking up into her face with tears in
his eyes, asked her, "Are you God's wife?"