Just the other day,
I w a s
i n some [public place] w i t h m
y f a m i l y ,
( w h e n t h i s w o m
a n a p p r o a c h e d m
e . )
A friend of my
parents, I expected her
to just
- - >>talk some small talk with my mom and dad.<<- -
-
{ B u t , n o .
} She
started talking to
me.
"Honey, I
cannot just get over how g o r
g e o u s you are.
You're so t a l l , you're hair is such a
pretty
color, and
y o u ' r e s o [ *+b e a
u t
i f u
l ] --
- - - - - - > > > > Y o u
c o u l d b e a m
o d e l . "
(
I could tell she meant
it.
)
.:.Looking.:.:.up.:.:.to.:.:. see.:.:. my.:.:.
parents.:.:.both.:.
[ n o d d i n g i n a g r e e m e
n
t ] and
(( s m i l i n g
p r o u d l y d o w n a t m e
, ))
I thanked the woman,
smiling
more g e n u i n e l y
t h a
n
I h a
d i
n
a
long time.
Now, as I sit here ( l o o k i n g i n
t h e m i r r o r , )
- - - - > > > I wonder when
the day will
come
When I believe her.