SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
I really love the serendipities that happen in our lives at times. Some are so large they just overwhelm us when they happen. Others are just sort-of average, but just enough different to make us sit up and take notice. And then there are the small ones. Those that just happen in a flash…and then are gone, leaving us to wonder how/why did that happen?
Fred and I experienced that just recently when we went to Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Busy day – lots of high school bands around – lots of Senior Trips around – kids in the same color t-shirts. We usually enjoy seeing these groups. Most of them are not terribly rowdy, and are just having a great time. Occasionally we see them doing the “flash” thing – breaking into song or the “wave” or something like that.
We had just finished a ride and were on our way to lunch, when a young man caught up with us and said, “would you be my stand-in parents?” We stopped and I asked why? He said his parents had just gone on a ride but he couldn’t get on, so….. I began laughing and ask him what we could/should do. He hesitated a minute then said, “how about a hug?” And so that’s what we did – a group hug for the three of us – all of us laughing at the same time.
And then he was gone.
I told Fred he was probably dared to do that by some of his classmates, but that was okay. It was a fun thing.
MUCH later, I told Fred we should have told this young man that we couldn’t be his stand-in parents, but would stand-in GRANDparents work? Nothing slow about me!
It sounds like love at first sight. It would be a pleasure to have someone trust you like this without even knowing you. In our Sunday School class we often discuss the ways people approach us. We think it is the light of the Lord that attracts them. Isn’t that nice?
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Heartwarming! We all long for more moments like this!
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