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A couple weeks ago Nolan and I had just dropped sister off at school and were sitting at the car wash waiting for ours to finish getting sparkly. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was out, it was warm and we were nestled under a umbrella enjoying every ounce of the sweet weather.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw an older man (probably in his 70′s) come and sit right next to us. I’m that awkward person who doesn’t look over and avoids any type of conversation. Honestly, I don’t know why I’m like that. Something I need to work on. Anyway, the dude started to spark a conversation. I’m polite and I start conversing, especially since he was mostly asking questions about Nolan. We proceed to talk about Nolan’s milestones and what not. During this time Nolan is starting to crawl all over me and is demanding his morning nap. The kid was fussy. I was getting frustrated and impatient as I’m sitting there giving the poor guy drying off my car the death stare while a crabby babe is pulling on my hair.
That’s when the man reached out his arms and said, “can I try?”
I didn’t know what to say in those first few seconds, but then I thought to myself. Why not? I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be here to protect him. As soon as Nolan got into this man’s arms, he was silent. He sat on the man’s lap and stared up at him, then back down at the buttons on his shirt, then back up to him. The man proceeded to talk to Nolan and ask him about his future. How he should be sure to take care of me and be a good man. My heart was happy witnessing this.
The car wash was accumulating more and more vehicles and it was starting to get busy. It took longer than expected, but our time came to go. I stood up and reached my arms out to grab Nolan. He man handed him over, stood up and gave me a hug. With tears in his eyes, he put a hand on Nolan’s head and said, “Thank you for that. My kids and grandkids live in Dallas and I don’t see them often enough. This made my entire year. Being a Father was the greatest journey I’ve ever experienced. Be safe.”
Guys, I balled. Total alligator tears falling from my cheeks. I hope one day I can run into that man again and express to him how much that meant to me, because in that moment I was speechless.
Like I’ve said… It’s the little things. Happy weekend friends!
