12/28/2024
A memory from 2023🥲
Just thinking about a beautiful experience I shared with a stranger at the library while at work yesterday.
I was walking up on an older woman with the same colored gray hair as my mother. At first I thought to tell her how beautiful her hair was but then something told Me she may not want to be bothered or may not appreciate the compliment or give a strange look. Nevertheless, in true "me" fashion, I avoided that resistance when something told me to " say it!" So I walked up close and quietly said, " I love your hair color, it reminds me so much of my mother, she had such beautiful hair."
She kindly turned around and looked at me and said" Oh, Thank you! ....I have cancer and lost all my hair and it's now growing back and this is the color I have now." With a tear in my eye I shared that my mother passed from cancer a year ago and how much she reminded me of her, especially standing toward the back of her. She shared with me that her journey has been difficult and that she has very little family around her. We both looked at each other and noticed a familiar pain, when we both leaned in, offering and accepting a long and loving embrace. I grabbed her hand and told her that God was with her and that she would never fight alone. She then turned to me and said " how proud your mother must be of such a wonderful woman she raised" It was a tender and emotional moment shared between 2 strangers and we even went in for one last embrace before we wished each other a Happy and healthier New Year.
Sometimes God puts people in our path even if just for a moment so that we can take the time to share a simple touch or words that might make all the difference in somebody's day. Never shy away from those moments to truly connect with others when you feel guided to, even if they are a stranger.... sometimes your kind comment is all someone feels they have.
Kindness, sprinkle that stuff every where... We all need it 💚🌹
