I'm going to post a happy. Too much Eeyore around here today. If anyone else has happies, feel free to join in.
BTW, this is not a "pat me on the back" post. This is a "go out and say something nice to somebody, because BG says so" post.
Foray to Bass Pro Shop aside, I had a cool day on Saturday. I was getting ready to leave my parents' house after visiting my dad for Fathers Day. And the woman that lives across the street, probably 45 to 50, was headed out for the evening with her husband. It was obviously for a date or to a wedding or something really nice. She was dressed in a coral skirt set and looked absolutely lovely.
I thought perhaps I should tell her so, because women always like to hear these things, but I was across the street and carrying my 65 lb. octopus of a son, and it would have been a little awkward to shout across. Plus I don't know her at all. And by the time I put Thomas in the car they had already driven away, so it didn't matter anyway.
But apparently they forgot something, and they pulled back up to their house as I was pulling out of the driveway. She waited in her car as her husband went back into the house. I was a ways down the street when I decided I couldn't let the opportunity pass. I stopped the car and got out and scurried back to their house and knocked on her car window, frightening the bejeesus out of her.
She rolled down the window and I said, "I just wanted to tell you that you look beautiful this evening." She absolutely lit up. I can't describe it - you'd have to see it the difference in her face. Suddenly she looked that much more beautiful and younger, too. Then she said, "Thank you so much. SO much. That means so much to me because you're so, so....." I'm not sure what she was going to say (I think probably "young"), but I reassured her that she looked positively wonderful, and wished her a good evening. She said thank you again and was absolutely glowing as I walked back to my car.
It made me happy to see someone so happy all the sudden. About 95% of the time I fail to act on an impulse like that, but seems like it's almost always worth it.
BTW, this is not a "pat me on the back" post. This is a "go out and say something nice to somebody, because BG says so" post.
Foray to Bass Pro Shop aside, I had a cool day on Saturday. I was getting ready to leave my parents' house after visiting my dad for Fathers Day. And the woman that lives across the street, probably 45 to 50, was headed out for the evening with her husband. It was obviously for a date or to a wedding or something really nice. She was dressed in a coral skirt set and looked absolutely lovely.
I thought perhaps I should tell her so, because women always like to hear these things, but I was across the street and carrying my 65 lb. octopus of a son, and it would have been a little awkward to shout across. Plus I don't know her at all. And by the time I put Thomas in the car they had already driven away, so it didn't matter anyway.
But apparently they forgot something, and they pulled back up to their house as I was pulling out of the driveway. She waited in her car as her husband went back into the house. I was a ways down the street when I decided I couldn't let the opportunity pass. I stopped the car and got out and scurried back to their house and knocked on her car window, frightening the bejeesus out of her.
She rolled down the window and I said, "I just wanted to tell you that you look beautiful this evening." She absolutely lit up. I can't describe it - you'd have to see it the difference in her face. Suddenly she looked that much more beautiful and younger, too. Then she said, "Thank you so much. SO much. That means so much to me because you're so, so....." I'm not sure what she was going to say (I think probably "young"), but I reassured her that she looked positively wonderful, and wished her a good evening. She said thank you again and was absolutely glowing as I walked back to my car.
It made me happy to see someone so happy all the sudden. About 95% of the time I fail to act on an impulse like that, but seems like it's almost always worth it.
I hope I just didn't kill this thread! 
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