A wealthy woman was outraged when a homeless man gave her shivering daughter his coat at an open-air flea market. But suddenly, everything turned upside down, and she learned her lesson. There was nothing that Sharon Burnson loved more than going antiquing in New York City’s flea markets. Of course, like any serious antique hound, she knew that to get the best bargains and pieces, you had to be there at sunup. Unfortunately, her favorite market was on a Sunday, and that was when her daughter Danielle’s nanny had the day off.
Sharon considered skipping the market, but then she made up her mind. She’d take six-year-old Danielle with her that Sunday morning. Sharon set her alarm for 6 AM to make sure she and Danielle would be there at 8 sharp, which was when the vendors would be setting out their best wares. She hustled Danielle out of bed and into her jeans and t-shirt. “Come on, lazy bones,” she cried. Read the full story here ▶
