Make Someone Smile Today

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This old gal…

Having witnessed the shopping cart sneeze…was suddenly aware…overly aware…ridiculously aware…of germs…

In the air…on the handle…the palms of the hand…maybe crawling up the arms…jumping into breathing range…

Marveled at the innocence…ignorance…naivety perhaps…of how germs are spread…aware of course…but have to say…unless it’s a little kid…have never…seen it…with the own eyes…

Climbing off the grossed out…creepy crawly ledge…felt a bump…in a pocket…wondered what piece of trash had been hiding there…for who knows how long…

But no…reached the hand in…and what to the wondering eyes should I see…a note…a secret note…one of those hidden notes…from that sweet youngest daughter of mine…

And so it is…in life…sometimes all it takes…is an awww…a smile…a warming of the heart…to make…those creepy crawlies…go away…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…