1/
Today at Grady, walking in with a Grady elder
Him: “Hey Miss Doctor.”
Me: “Hey there, sir.”
*walking to entrance*
Him: *stops* “Umm, Miss Doctor?”
Me: “Sir?”
Him: “I just want to be sure that’s how you want your sock and your pants leg to be.”
I pause and look down.
Today at Grady, walking in with a Grady elder
Him: “Hey Miss Doctor.”
Me: “Hey there, sir.”
*walking to entrance*
Him: *stops* “Umm, Miss Doctor?”
Me: “Sir?”
Him: “I just want to be sure that’s how you want your sock and your pants leg to be.”
I pause and look down.
2/
My pants leg was jammed into my sock. My sock that I pulled from my son’s sock basket. The Superman one with a hole in it. That didn’t match my other one.
Him: “I wasn’t trying to be in your business but something told me that wasn’t the look you was going for.”
*laughter*
My pants leg was jammed into my sock. My sock that I pulled from my son’s sock basket. The Superman one with a hole in it. That didn’t match my other one.
Him: “I wasn’t trying to be in your business but something told me that wasn’t the look you was going for.”
*laughter*
3/
Me: “I love you for this.” *reaching down to adjust my sock*
I stood back up, stopped and faced him.
Me: “Thanks, sir.”
Him: “It’s okay. I could tell you having one of them hurry-days.” *chuckles* “I remember them days well.”
*silence*
Me: “It IS a hurry-day.”
I sighed.
Me: “I love you for this.” *reaching down to adjust my sock*
I stood back up, stopped and faced him.
Me: “Thanks, sir.”
Him: “It’s okay. I could tell you having one of them hurry-days.” *chuckles* “I remember them days well.”
*silence*
Me: “It IS a hurry-day.”
I sighed.
4/
Him: “Just make sure you slow down at different points to see stuff on them days.”
Me: *listening*
Him: “New morning, new mercies. You don’t want to miss ‘em.”
*silence*
Me: “I see a really kind man who told me my pants leg was stuck in my mis-matched sock.”
*laughter*
Him: “Just make sure you slow down at different points to see stuff on them days.”
Me: *listening*
Him: “New morning, new mercies. You don’t want to miss ‘em.”
*silence*
Me: “I see a really kind man who told me my pants leg was stuck in my mis-matched sock.”
*laughter*
5/
Him: “Well. I see a lady doctor with salt and pepper hair who look like she smart and she trying to do some good in this world.”
*ooph*
Something about hearing that punched me in the chest and made my eyes prickle with tears.
Especially on this sleep-deprived hurry-day.
Him: “Well. I see a lady doctor with salt and pepper hair who look like she smart and she trying to do some good in this world.”
*ooph*
Something about hearing that punched me in the chest and made my eyes prickle with tears.
Especially on this sleep-deprived hurry-day.
6/
Because my whole hurry-day was because I was trying to do some good. I so was.
Whew.
He held up a hand and waved.
Then, before I could say more, he was down the hall near the E elevators.
I stood still and watched him. Because I wanted remember him and that moment.
Yeah.
Because my whole hurry-day was because I was trying to do some good. I so was.
Whew.
He held up a hand and waved.
Then, before I could say more, he was down the hall near the E elevators.
I stood still and watched him. Because I wanted remember him and that moment.
Yeah.
7/
So today, that happened to me. At the very start of what was trying to be hurry-day of trying to fit too much into not enough.
But.
“New morning, new mercies.”
Something about those words made my whole day pivot in a positive direction.
All in a 30 second exchange.
So today, that happened to me. At the very start of what was trying to be hurry-day of trying to fit too much into not enough.
But.
“New morning, new mercies.”
Something about those words made my whole day pivot in a positive direction.
All in a 30 second exchange.
8/
Nope. My hurry-day wasn’t perfect. But it was filled with tiny sparks of beauty and wonder.
And I paused at different points to see them. I did.
Yeah.
Not sure who else needs to hear this but slow down so you don’t miss the mercies, okay?
That is all.💛
#humanismalways
Nope. My hurry-day wasn’t perfect. But it was filled with tiny sparks of beauty and wonder.
And I paused at different points to see them. I did.
Yeah.
Not sure who else needs to hear this but slow down so you don’t miss the mercies, okay?
That is all.💛
#humanismalways
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