We are not always the HAPPY, GO LUCKY PERSON we appear to be...there are days when the gloomy weather matches your mood...dark, dreary, cold and rainy!! It's not all SUNSHINE!! Although at times I am sure that the loved ones in my life wish it was SUNNY! HA!!
But what always seems to make me smile or even laugh.....is people watching!! Where else to do it, but at the park my friends!! Recently...I saw three things that made me smile and even laugh out loud!! And it was based around children!! Children know how to make us smile...they don't have the worries of the world on their shoulder(and they shouldn't)..for them...it should be where to play, what snack do I want...and what car do I want to play with.....
Attached to our park, is a baseball field...there was a game going on...not a serious game...but a fun game!! There was a child, in centre field...red shirt, black shorts and a BRIGHT pink tutu!! She was out there, dancing and twirling...most likely told to be there, and the only way she would be there...was if she wore her PINK TUTU!! And she did catch a ball...in between flips and twirls!!
Then there was a Brother and Sister....he was decked out with all the protective gear that one should wear at 8, while trying to skateboard! Now he was on his knees, bracing himself on his board! Now bring in the Sister who was 6(hopefully)....dressed fully in purple(love it)...she was pushing her Brother around on the path...they had so much fun...no fears at all...seriously, after she rammed him into the green garbage can...he got back on.... and she pushed him again.....but this time he crashed into a tree!!! Such trust between a Brother and a Sister!
Thirdly.....there was a father and Son...the little boy..who wore a HUGE SMILE was driving one of those motorized cars...steering and driving and looking around at the kids on the swings...he veered off the path and ended up in the wood chips!! His Dad laughed and made a comment about paying attention...he got him back on the path and they continued! Now as a parent, I would never walk in front of my child.......its like grocery shopping...your child wants to push the cart and you are ahead of them...walking quickly and oddly, cause you are trying to protect your heels...your precious heels....!! Well this smiling little boy...rammed right into his Father....I laughed(and I tried to do it quietly...)...the look on the Dad's face....priceless!!!
The joys and smiles of being at the park.....the innocence! Always brings a SMILE to my face!! No matter what is going on in my life...I try to see the joy in others...to catch a glimpse of their joy, a quick intimate moment between two loved ones, as they look at each other....and to feel the sticky arms of my children, as they wrap their love around me....I am reminded, LIFE IS GOOD!
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