The kindness of strangers

So last night we decided to go out to eat to get some family time outside of the house. We picked a really great Japanese restaurant that I LOVE! We thought Adrien might enjoy watching the guy cook, which he did. Well anyways, the table seats 8 so it was us and a family of 6 at our table. They were from Michigan in town visiting their daughter. Well the dad was sitting next to Ryan and they started talking and it came out that Ryan was in the Army and the guy automatically thanked him for his service. He asked about his tours to Iraq and Afghanistan and stuff like that. Well the dinner was about to end and the man slipped Ryan $20 under his plate and of course Ryan told him that he couldn't except it and the man insisted that he take it, he even said he would pay for our entire bill if he could and the $20 was the least he could do. So we ended up paying $20 for a Japanese dinner, which is great considering our bill would have been $40 for 2 people :)

This actually isn't the first time this has happened either. We went out to dinner in Mebane with Ryan's aunt and uncle to celebrate him being home back in April and his aunt knew the manager because they go there so much and she told him what we were celebrating and he let us eat and drink for FREE. We had a $75 bill that he let us have on the house, I couldn't believe it. Even though these strangers are so generous, Ryan really don't like all the attention being put on him like that. I guess you view all of this differently through a soldiers eyes. They really do see it as their job and have a hard time being put on the spot like that, he doesn't feel like he is any more special than anyone else I guess. But really, him and all the soldiers that fight for our country are extra special to me :)