The Waitress and the Professor

The old professor finished his breakfast as the young waitress freshened his coffee. The professor asked as she poured,"Why do you work here...you are very, very pretty and you move with such grace."

The waitress grinned and said,"I think you are mistaking careful for grace....I have to pay for a dish if I break one."

There were only two customers that sleepy, Sunday morning...the professor and an old yellow cat that begged for milk by the side door. The professor was on his way to a college in Indianapolis to deliver a lecture about String Theory.

The professor invited the waitress to sit and have a cup of conversation and coffee with him.

The professor said,"I would guess that you grew up in this village?"

The waitress answered,"No.....but my husband did....I'm from Columbus Ohio...he was a truck driver....he delivered to a business where I worked."

The professor sipped his steaming coffee and said,"You said...(was)...are you divorced?

The Waitress looked down at her hands on the table and softly said,"He died in an accident five years ago.....I still miss him so much."

The old professor...being intrigued by her...asked,"Do you have children?"

She answered with a smile,"Yes...two boys....one nine and one seven years old."

The professor said,"It must be hard to support them and yourself...have you ever thought of furthering your education?"

The waitress squirmed a little...sipped her coffee and said,"We do fine....we have what we need and we want what we have."

The old professor was perplexed at her statement. He stiffened a little and said,"A better education could mean a better living for you and your children....there is a vast world of learning and a universe filled with countless stars of enlightenment could be at the windows of your mind."

The waitress thought for a moment and said,"The boundaries of my universe are Johnstons pond...where I take the kids fishing and Wessler's orchard where we go to pick apples....God knows...my boys are my stars....If I desire.... I can check out the world after I make them ready for...the world."

The old professor picked up a teaspoon...clinked his cup a few times and said,"Ah....God...that explains it....you have chosen God over potential....bliss over the effort of great thought."

The waitress glared at him...saying,"I dropped out of college because I became pregnant...I had fallen into the beautiful blissful realm of love...he could kiss me and make me feel the universe being born....he could softly say a few words and make me feel a peace in the world I had never known before."

She scooted out of the booth...stood up fast and angrily said,"I mention God and you instantly become condescending!"

The professor started to say something but she cut him off and went on,"Put this under your hat..Professor....God...is no doubt...somewhere in your past bloodline....which...created the path to you being born....why would any intelligent being not respect that fact?"

The professor started to say something again ....but she cut him off again...saying,"You...and or any of your fellow genius scientists cannot deny the influence of God...therefore...God is, was and will always be a part of human existence....sooooo......even if my great, great, great grandchildren deny God...they will owe my belief in God for their very existence!"

The old professor looked astonished but couldn't help but ask,"How so...my dear"?

With a tear forming in her eye...she said,"I could have aborted my children and went on to become a Bio Chemist."

The professor turned his nose up and said,"Well...if your God is so powerful...couldn't he have made a way for you to do both?"

The waitress immediately answered,"If your education is so powerful...why hasn't it replaced God?

The professor leaned back and said,"In time my child...it will."

The waitress grinned and said," No...it won't sir....you simply do not understand...God...is in our life line...God is the future that draws us towards tomorrow...God is many things to many people...sometimes...God is even themselves...as you have obviously proven."

The professor snarled,"Show me your invisible God.....show me your proof!"

The waitress folded her arms and snarled back,"Show me your invisible black hole!"

The professor slammed his fist on the table...spilling his coffee and shouted,"I have a PHD young lady....a black hole is an intelligent calculated scientific...... fact!"

The waitress smiled...leaned over to wipe the spill with a napkin and said,"God gets angry too...I bet you two are related."

The old professor grunted..threw down twenty dollars...got up and grumbled,"Keep the change..I don't want to be late for my very important lecture."

As he walked out the door...the waitress said to him,"Wow...thanks...a twelve dollar tip...I think I'll close early and take the boys fishing...the Good Lord does provide."

The waitress then went to the door way and shouted to the professor,"Hey...this old yellow cat didn't know that milk would be here for him....but believed it would be...even a cat has faith!"

The professor turned and shouted back,"And what if the milk wasn't there....darling!"

The waitress laughed while shouting,"I guess he would have to go to school to figure out why he had faith in the first place!"

The old professor grumbled as he walked away.