Monday, May 11, 2026

The Little Things, by Gina Meyers

 The little things. 



I took in the recyclables this morning. At my new house, I’ve been mainly throwing them in the recycle bin but at my significant other’s house I recycle. And, take it into the recycle center. 


It’s been a minute since I have done so, but it was fun to get back into a routine of sorts. 


So as I was leaving the recycle center, I realized I was one quarter away from the $3.00 I needed in order to do the $3.00 car wash, without breaking a $10.00 or a $50.00 bill.


So I decided I’d go to the Dollar Store and get a couple of things to break my $10.00.


Once I was ready to return to the Car Wash, I chose the only open spot to wash my car.


I walked up to the machine to turn my dollar bills into quarters to use the car wash. 


As I got ready to put the quarters in the machine, I noticed that the previous user left 6 quarters, a pay it forward of sorts.


Or perhaps forgotten quarters?


Whatever the reason, I smiled and was overjoyed to know that I didn’t need to worry about having enough quarters. I paid it forward and left a few quarters as well.


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