Thank you!!

A few weeks ago the girls and I were at the post office, finally mailing off Nate's calendar much much later than originally planned.  I was holding Sophie on my hip and directing Lydia to stay close.  We found an envelope that suited our needs and that's when I realized I was not prepared.  I looked around wondering if the floor was clean enough to set Sophie down for just a few minutes while I wrote Nate's address on the envelope.  It wasn't.  Why hadn't I thought to put her in the Bjorn?  I was rummaging in my purse looking for the Sharpie I'd thrown in there and was surprised that even trying to retrieve that wasn't as easy as it should have been.  And then there was Lydia.  She was not staying close and just wanted to explore and make the doors open on their own.  And that's when this kind lady offered to hold Sophie for me while I did what I needed to do.  Sophie cried for just a second and then stopped.  This woman had two granddaughters about the same ages as Lydia and Sophie and she figured stranger danger might be an issue, so she turned Sophie away from her and let her distract herself by looking at all the people surrounding her.  It was just what we needed.  I know it wasn't a big thing, but in that moment it meant everything to me.

Last week we were at the grocery store waiting for a prescription to be filled and Lydia was not Lydia, she was a kitty.  And as you would expect from a cat, she was on all fours.  This elderly gentleman saw me with the girls and told me what gorgeous eyes Sophie had and how beautiful she was.  He used to be a doctor and some of Jon's family were patients of his.  Anyway, he soon took an interest in Lydia, found out she was the dancing cat, and told her what a nice kitty she was.  He started petting her and she loved it!  I couldn't get her to stop crawling around the store on her hands and knees after all the attention she's just gotten.  It was all the encouragement she needed from this kind grandpa.  She's been talking about him for days and yesterday she went into kitty mode when she saw an old man at another store expecting the same treatment.  He didn't bite.  :) And who can blame him?  I am grateful for the grandpa at the grocery store and appreciated him taking an interest in my girls.