09/06/2026
Yesterday was our very first vendor event, and it was wonderful. 🤍
We met so many new faces, and so many of my regular customers stopped by just to say hello and see how we were doing. That meant more to me than you know.
But when I think about yesterday, that isn’t the moment that keeps coming back to me.
At the end of the day, as everyone was packing up in the 100°+ heat, there was an older gentleman loading his things into his van. He had a lot to load and no one there to help him.
My husband and son & I went over and started helping.
When we finished, he was so incredibly grateful. He told us that so many people had walked right past him without even glancing his way.
And then we stood there and talked.
He told us he was 85. He shared that he had lost many of his friends and had lost his wife. He told us January, February and March are especially hard because he doesn’t get out much.
And then he said something that broke my heart.
Sometimes he goes weeks without speaking to anyone.
Weeks.
So we stood beside his van and talked. And yes, I cried. Because suddenly, after a day filled with people, shopping, selling, laughing and all the busyness that comes with an event, everything got very quiet for a minute.
And we really saw someone.
I pray that I never become too busy to see people.
Because I have absolutely no idea what the person beside me is carrying. I don’t know what their home feels like when they walk through the door. I don’t know who they’re missing, what they’re grieving, or how long it has been since someone genuinely asked them how they’re doing.
But I can be kind.
I can smile.
I can stop.
I can listen.
I can have a conversation and make someone feel like, for a few minutes, they matter.
Yesterday was a wonderful day for Salt & Light, and I am so thankful for every single person who came to see us.
But perhaps the most important part of the entire day happened standing beside a van in a hot parking lot.
A reminder that sometimes the greatest thing we can give someone costs absolutely nothing.
May I never be too busy to see people. 🤍
