An older woman in her Shabbat best, stopping to give the man with no legs money. She does it covertly, so not to embarrass him with such tenderness bringing tears to my eyes. I watch his sad face light up when she takes his hand to squeeze it.
An infant on the train encased in her stroller like a pink Sherman Tank, her Muslim mom rocking it to and fro. Sitting across I watch this innocent entity yawn, her eyes fluttering like a cream-colored butterfly, oblivious to the din and jolts as she sweetly falls asleep.
A hard hat trying to woo a pretty girl with pizza.
“Oh come on,” he says, when she smiles, but keeps going. “It has anchovies,” he yells, as he wistfully watches her turn the corner without looking back.
A man in a wheelchair stopping to ask why I’m crying.
“Just having a, not so good day,” I tell him.
“Can I do anything for you?” he asks, like Jesus on the beach comforting his disciples.
“You just did,” I say, binding my wounds, remembering my legs, I tend to take for granted.
SB
Poignant (in 72 font, bold, capitals, underlined, flashing text).
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Fonts are fun. That’s what some techie told me. I was fooling around with my fonts, so to speak. 🙂
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Q – what’s the opposite of “irony”
A – “creasey”.
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Q…what did the man with 3 heads say? A…hello, hello, hello…😊
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Zaphod Beeblebrox said “I am so hip, I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis”.
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Never heard that. Will add it to my list of memorable quotes. 🙂
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Susannah, your ability to observe what goes on around you is a major component of what makes you such a good writer.
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Oh Skinny, what a nice thing to say. Thank you.
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Ditto Skinny. Most of us who have just been on our way.
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My heart goes out to those you write about and to you on a not-so-good day.
I don’t see anything unusual about your fonts. I wonder if the Reader smothers them. I’ll go to your blog site and see if it looks different.
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He may have meant the image on the top. He likes to tease me. 🙂
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Thanks for the explanation. There wasn’t anything different on your site.
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Boys will be boys Anne…:)
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It’s important to keep our eyes open. They are the keys to our hearts and minds.
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There are so many stories. I love to observe and wonder what the subject in question’s story is. Like was that Muslim woman wrapped like a religious package ever teased or harassed? Or if once in a while pizza man actually got lucky. Hope so. He was so earnest with his anchovies. 🙂 Thanks for reading Top.
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We are all human and need to remember that as we interact with each other.
I am, finally, learning how to take a compliment. Used to shrug them off a bit or say something to disarm them. Now, I cherish them, acknowledge them, and love them.
Scott
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