I love people watching. As I walked through the security line I couldn't help but watch the family in front of me. It was a single mother with 3 children. A daughter about 5, a son about 10 and another daughter about 12. I could tell that the oldest daughter was a little "different". I thought maybe she was shy. She didn't seem very happy, and didn't interact with her family much. After we had our ID's checked, I noticed her mom sign to her that she needed to take off her shoes. I started taking my sandals off, minding her mother like it was my own :)The younger daughter turned around and looked at my sandals as I took them off and told me how much she liked them. I told her that I liked hers too! She said she liked my shirt and then told me that she bought her shirt online. She was so eager to talk to me. I loved it! I then felt a hand hanging on to my arm. I looked over to see her older sister using me to help keep her balance as she took off her shoes. Her mother apologized for it, but I told her I didn't mind. We continued through the security line and right before we went through security I again felt the older sister touching my arm. This time it was different. She put her arm around me and gave me a hug. It was so unexpected, but I felt like it made her feel so good. She then smiled at me. This was the first time in the 15 minutes that I was around this family that I had seen her smile. Her mom smiled as well. After almost 3 months, I don't remember much about my time in the airport before that, or after that, but I do remember those 15 minutes or so quite well.
It amazes me how one little action can have such a big impact on the rest of the day. <3
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