By Scott Anthony
We took Mrs. Anthony's Mom to dinner at a restaurant on Friday evening and just about the time we finished, a woman walked up to our table wearing a head scarf and sweater, holding a handmade sign.
It took me a moment to process that she was begging. Her voice was nearly inaudible in the noisy restaurant so the sign told the story, 'Please Help, I have three children and no money for food.'
I shook my head 'no' and she hesitated a moment longer, a sad vision, then moved to another table.
I turned to my wife and to Mom, mixed with surprise at the boldness and some guilt for dismissing the woman, and soon a hostess arrived and escorted the woman out of the restaurant. I watched as she continued approaching the diners in the outside seating area.