Hey Readers,
There are days when I am getting ready, knowing I have to run a million places, and I have that thought of…I wonder if I will run into anyone I know today. Then in the next breath I tell myself no of course not while laughing it off. It’s usually on those days when it happens though...when I see someone I haven’t in years. It’s always when you don’t expect to, when you’re out on one of your excursions, or hope that you don’t, that you do. The last time this happened to me it was someone I really cared about. It was one of my friend’s mothers who I basically grew up with throughout my childhood. She was always a kind hearted woman. I hadn’t seen her in I can’t even remember how long. If I had to guess I’d say at least ten years. I don’t know why I was so self-conscious that day to go over and see her. I was just…sort of stuck in my head about it for some reason. For the rest of the day, I beat myself up about not going over to her. God only knows when or if I’ll ever see her again and yet I didn’t take advantage of it. Ever since that day I told myself if it ever happened again, I would not be afraid or nervous I would go and see that person. Well…it happened again today. I was in a store checkout line when I noticed a woman’s face from across the way. Through the sea of people, I could see that she had her hair in a ponytail, a black mask covering her face, and she was carrying birthday balloons for someone’s special day. One had a big yellow smiley face on it and it made me smile to see it because that was just her personality. I wasn’t surprised at all that she had chosen that as one of the three. Though she was much older than when I last saw her, she appeared unchanged. I recognized her immediately. She was one of my teachers from elementary school. One of my sixth-grade teachers to be specific. Even more than that she was one of my favorites from that school. We had shared a close relationship through all six of my years there. I had heard last year that she had finally retired in April. One wonderful chapter closing but another wonderful one to begin. In that moment I wanted so desperately to say hi. To ask her how she was doing and how the boys were. To see how her retirement had gone thus far. Instead, yet again I did nothing. I watched as she walked through the sea of people to get to the other side of the store and just like that she was there and then she was gone. I froze up again. I got stuck in my head about what I was wearing and how my hair looked. If she would even remember me…maybe in the end I would just make a fool out of myself and then feel embarrassed. It was depressing. Once more I climbed into the car and regretted every second of it. One of my peers who meant a great deal to me. Who I looked up to for so long throughout my life and I didn’t even have the courage to say hi? How cowardly of me… If I could tell you one thing and teach you one lesson from my mistake it would be this:
Moments like this remind me of a quote I got used to hearing…to make every moment count. Trust me, you don’t want to live in regret Happy Easter to you and your families and if you don’t celebrate, I still hope you have a great day and great weekend! As always, I appreciate ya and thank you for listening! 😊 Comments are closed.
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