Monday, November 14, 2011

Missy was in the Supermarket....

There were SO MANY people......
One could barely navigate through the aisles....
She would attribute these throngs of shoppers to
 ""DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME""...
  lol
It was the only answer in these situations....
lolol
But I won't BORE you with questions, yet again, regarding
 CHANGING THE CLOCKS....
for THIS vignette is about what happened in the supermarket....
So...
as she was FIGHTING against the current of CRAZY CONSUMERS....
jockeying for positions all around her...
she saw......
just in front of her....
a child....a little girl....
ALONE....
with no ADULT showing any sign of belonging to the child.....
anywhere in sight....
The girl looked to be around 3 years old.....
She was dressed in PINK....
(beautifully dressed)
There was a note taped to her lovely, baby pink sweater....
The child looked directly at Missy...
unwaveringly....
Now, there are all kinds of reasons that one does NOT approach a child alone....
but Missy had never been a great proponent of RULES....
and she could simply NOT leave this little girl standing alone....
so she approached her....carefully....
(to be continued)

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