Scene: CVS. I could tell you any number of ways I would have preferred to spend my morning but there it was and there I was.
There was a mom picking up her prescription. Her son, about 13 and trying not to be bored waiting for her, picked up a pair from the spinning display of sunglasses at the end of the nearby aisle and tried them on for the mirror that was probably lower to his view than it would have been just a few months ago. You know that awkward stage where the feet grow first and then the rest starts to catch up?
I was done just then so as I walked past him I told him appreciatively, Cool shades.
His face absolutely lit up. And so so did mine as I continued on towards the door.
Kids need their villages so much.
Actually, come to think of it, we still all do, every day.