We went shoe shopping today, and my normally reserved toddler apparently decided to drop a love bomb on a random woman. She was in her sixties, an employee of the shoe store, and a fairly nondescript person. As we walked by her, she smiled at my girls, and my toddler stopped in her tracks and turned to face her.
"You have a sparkle shirt! Thats so pretty," she said, staring at her.
"Oh my, thank you so much!" The woman's smile grew.
"Oh wow, you have buttons on you shoes!"
The woman looked at me, and made all sorts of cooing noises about my little girl and how sweet she was, but my girlie was just getting started.
"You have a heart neckie! (necklace) I love it! Oh, you face is bootiful! I like you yellow hair!"
This woman was melting faster than chocolate in August.
The woman's manager called her to help someone, and she drifted away unwillingly, as my little friend shouted "Goodbye! Pleased to met you!"
I'm not sure what drove my daughter to do this. She has never ever done this, even to people she knows and loves. This was a completely ordinary woman. When I got home and was telling my husband this story, he pointed out that our little girl is particularly perceptive and sensitive, and probably felt as though this woman needed this for some reason. I'd like to think so. It would be nice to think that my baby was that kind. I hope that woman smiled for the rest of the day.
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