Iris eyes are smiling
Wednesday November 30th 2016, 11:46 pm
Filed under: Friends,Life

Just inside the door at Trader Joe’s was a display of flowers. I’m in the habit of walking right on by, but maybe the fact that I was in a TJ’s across town and with a different layout from my usual got me to pay more attention.

I checked the price on the bunch of iris buds ready to open: $3.99. Okay, that’s a splurge I can certainly do, as the thought came that, hey, I bet Nina would like those. I hadn’t seen her for a few months; she was always so busy with work but this wouldn’t take but a moment of her time. (I pictured nobody home and having to leave them below the doorbell and her wondering where on earth those had come from.)

A few groceries in the cart, a little hemming and hawing over dinner ideas and I was out of there and on my way.

A knock at the door: Just to say I was thinking of you. How ya doin’.

She brought me inside in delight and we sat and caught up for an hour till I pled groceries that really did need to be put away (while glad it was cold outside).

Some big things had been going on in her life this past little bit, this and this and this, too, and just yesterday she’d gotten something done she’d been avoiding for several years and it felt pretty darn good to get that over with and to know what she needs to do next. It’s clear now at last, and things are looking good.

I’d known none of that and I was so glad I had come when I had come and could share in the moment. I’d just thought, hey, Nina would like those…


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What a lovely coincidence! I like the flowers at TJ’s too. A good reminder to keep in ‘real’ touch with friends, and not just ‘facebook’ drive-bys. 🙂

Comment by Leigh 12.01.16 @ 11:08 am

Random acts of kindness. 🙂

Comment by Helen 12.01.16 @ 3:06 pm

lovely!

Whenever my husband and I walk through TJ I exclaim over the flowers. He has yet to get the hint. Maybe you need to go shopping with us?

Comment by twinsetellen 12.01.16 @ 3:42 pm



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