Several years ago I was shopping at Target (I think) and I heard this mom say to her daughter, "Oh Susie look at the beautiful red-headed woman! One day you will be just as beautiful as her!"
I turned toward the woman and saw the MOST awkwardly cute red-head girl. She had frizzy hair that was not laying down properly and she was wearing glasses that covered way too much of her face. I smiled and her face just lit up. I said hello and spoke to them for a few moments and then we both went on our way.
I have never forgotten that little girl and her mother, though. I remember being the awkward little girl. I remember HATING this hair I love so much now. I remember adults telling me I was beautiful but no one my own age recognizing it. I was that little girl...she was me.
The idea that someone would look to me to be what they WANTED to grow into was just amazing to me. I don't think I have ever felt any more beautiful than I did in the eyes of that precious little girl!
(This is NOT me...I wasn't this cute)
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