This story comes from Mark Griffin via Robert Fulghum and on to you. Seems like a good one for Valentine’s Day!
I was in my usual fog as I walked into the Parker Town General store when I came face to face with this adorable little curly-haired blue-eyed baby girl sitting in a shopping cart with a huge smile, waving at me.
I smiled and waved back.
And as I did, she giggled and said, “Hellloooooo, I loooooove you.”
Saturated with sweetness, I laughed, wiped a tear, and turned around with my heart all filled with warmth just as she turned to three other people and repeated the “Hellloooooo…”
My heart deflated a bit when I realized that I wasn’t the only object of her affection, but I was still feeling pretty good when I ran into her and her grandmother in the check-out line.
Her grandmother said to me with a smile, “She’s only 15 months old. Those are the only words she can say so far. She learned it from my daughter’s parrot.”
Worth Repeating
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
