Took out the blogging addendum. Not really into thinking about blogging now.
I walked from the Santa Monica Pier to the end of Venice Beach and back. It was a perfect beach day. When I came back to my towel a little girl was hysterically crying while her rather distraught mother was trying to comfort her and watch her older two children at the waters edge.
I went to the little girl and whispered in her ear:
“Can I tell you something?”
She stopped crying a little and nodded yes.
“When you grow up you’re going to be a princess.”
She stopped crying and asked how I knew:
“Look at your mommy. She looks like a princess and you look just like her.”
She smiled and ran to her mother who said “I don’t know what you said, but thank you.”
The girl said “it’s our secret.”
Then she ran to the water to be with her brother and sister. The mother smiled at me, and I told her as I didn’t want her to think I was some kind of pervert. Her smile turned into a big grin.
It was kind of magical.
Sometimes life is perfect.
That just reminded me of one of my favorite children’t books. Remember Sarah Crew? Also etitled, “The Little Princess” I believe. The book reminds us that we all are princesses (and to those who don’t get how that can fit into the modern feminist paradigm, you must dig deeper). I just loved it. Hmmm. May have to dig it up and read it again. Thanks for the smile.
Great story. Pia. You make a first-rate fairy godmother.
Sweet.
Don’t you just love how kids still let you totally change their lives in a minute?
What we say can change the way we think forever.
Just one positive word from a stranger from the blue made a positive change in the attitude of that little girl and now she believes she is indeed going to be a princess and you even used her mother as the positive role model. And you made a difference not only in her life but also in her family.
One word can transform our world.
God bless you Pia.
Near a beach, eh? Two unusual beach books, in case you haven’t read them already. Both by R. Feynman, both autobiographical. Neither is typical. Then again, neither are you.
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”
and
“What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
Beautiful day in NYC. Hope same is true there.
that was perfectly lovely! xox
Pia ~ That was sweet. I wish there were more people like you around.
What a beautiful thing to say, Pia. I’m storing that and using it if I’m ever in that situation.
BTW, where were you when I was a little kid?