Struggling single mom Rachel barely makes ends meet, so when a homeless woman begs for a ride to church, she hesitates. Gas isn’t cheap. But something in the woman’s eyes makes her say yes. Three days later, a knock at the door shatters reality: the same woman stands there, transformed. Why?

I never thought a trip to Walmart would change my life, but that’s exactly what happened last Saturday.

Standing in the toiletries aisle, I was doing what I always did: calculating whether I could afford both shampoo and conditioner this time.

Everything had gotten so expensive. I stared at the shelves, scanning desperately for a cheaper price I may have missed. That’s when I spotted a sale sticker on a shelf nearby. I homed in on it. The 2-in-1 kids shampoo and conditioner was on sale.

I snatched a bottle off the shelf and dropped it in my cart.

“Isn’t this for babies?” My son, Joey asked, leaning forward from his seat in the cart to examine the bottle.

“No, honey.” I smiled at him. “It all works the same, and that one smells like strawberries, which is way better than the stuff we usually get, don’t you think?”

He shrugged.

“Well, I think it will be nice to have hair that smells like strawberries. Now, let’s go get some mac and cheese for dinner, right?”

This was how it always went. Working as a medical receptionist, I made barely enough to keep us afloat, but too much to qualify for benefits.