This morning my husband and I went to a local diner for breakfast. It was packed just like any other Sunday morning. Next to us sat to 2 couples, all just chatting away...all but one person, she seemed incoherent...maybe medicated...maybe Alzheimer's..I could only speculate.
I watched off and on and was sadden, she sat and just stared at the people around her.
They talked about her in 3rd party. All of them were eating and chatting...all of them except for her.
She was just sitting there .. . staring ...staring blankly.
It got me thinking, is she someone's grandmother or a mom?
I could see she is a wife and she has friends.
I wonder what's wrong...I felt her loneliness...but I wondered why?
I got teary eyed, thinking...she looks so lonely..she looks so far away..for some reason it affected me..
I was thinking that could be me someday.
Funny thing when you stare sometimes you get caught..At least that is what happens to me!
It was one of those occasions I wanted to get caught. This morning, I felt festive and alive...why wouldn't I want to spread some of that warmth,
today I'll risk it...it's OK to get caught!
That beautiful woman looked right at me,..I smiled at her with my big old smile...and in return she smiled back...a big smile..a beautiful one. She was truly dazzling.
I continued talking with my husband and eating my breakfast. Every now and then I would catch her looking at me.
While she faced the people she was with all she did was stare but every now and then I would catch her looking at me with a big fat smile on her face.
They finished before we did, and paid their tab. I looked at all of them as they got up...no one acknowledge us or looked at us...in single file they all got out of the booth.as the beautiful lady was exiting...........
she turned around and looked right at me, smiled and winked and walked away.
I can't even put into words what I felt but the feelings were really overwhelming.
Sometimes we don't know what is going on in someone's life....we can only speculate...we can only imagine.
"Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile." ~Author Unknown
Midori Miller, CENTURY 21 Sundance Realty
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