Friday, June 12th, 2009...9:00 am
I saw all that love
Most mornings, Scott and I leave for work together. We’ve developed a nice little rhythm, in which we ride the elevator down, walk about the back door and then kiss good-bye at the corner of 19th and Ludlow. This morning was no different, although we overslept (I turned my alarm off instead of hitting snooze) and so were running a bit later than normal.
We kissed and parted, Scott heading north to the Comcast building, while I crossed 19th Street and continued down Ludlow. As I was stepping onto the curb on the other side of the street, I noticed that my path was going to intersect that of an older man. I slowed to let him pass, and as I did, he said, “I saw all that love. It’s a good thing.”
He said this while walking, a big, happy smile on his face. By the time I could rattle my brain into speech mode, he was gone. I walked to work, grinning myself, marveling at how a stranger’s comment could turn our mundane, routine little kiss into something joyful and special.
4 Comments
June 12th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Aw, how sweet.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
For someone to stitch together a thought like that, and word it in that way, so quickly and early in the morning – that guy is on my awesome list.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
My son just graduated HS (Upper Darby) and he’s been torn between what he wants to do, and they’re both in the total opposite direction. He wants to be a Police Officer so bad but he aslo wants to to to the Restaurant School in Philadelphia because cooking is his passion.
Any advice for him? I will definitely pass it along.
As a parent, I told him to go with his heart and it will all work out.
Just looking for some feedback.
Thanks much.
Katey
June 21st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
It’s amazing how sometimes it takes a total stranger to remind us of all we have !
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