Rest In Peace

Its a face i’ve known for just a few months, a voice I could remember with the same words, the same priceless look as he waits for his order. His daily order of his coffees. First few months it was just the normal ” good morning sir” while he states his order. As time went on I began to notice the occasional smile of him opening up. I always thought he didn’t care for me because I never got a smile and he never said anything. But he finally smiled and I knew I was wrong. He smiled and spoke in Spanish what were the words ” you have such a beautiful smile”. I thanked him. And he asked if if I knew Spanish, My response was ” a little but its not enough” and he told me it was never to late to learn. That was the first real conversation I had with him after waiting on him for about 6 months now. He comes in everyday with the same coffee order and always looks at me with a little smirk. Thanksgiving fell on a Thursday this year, I was off that day so I wasn’t going to see any of my customers until the following week. I made sure and wish them a happy thanksgiving and some promised to tell me about them when I returned to work on Monday. But on that sunday morning after thanksgiving he passed away. I never got to hear about how his holiday went. I never knew something was wrong. All I knew was there was something behind that smile of his. He was kind hearted and a very nice man. Polite but may come off as a little harsh from being such a silent man. I walk into work now, with an empty seat by the back window, knowing I wont see him sitting there drinking is coffee throughout the day. Its crazy to me how you can go from not knowing a person at all and then see them everyday for just about 5 minutes and you begin to grow a connection. you don’t mean to but it just happens. Heaven gained an angel. And while time goes on may he rest in peace. R.I.P ❤