Park Experience - Tag Line

     One of the first things we did together here was take a stroll through the park.  It really is a beautiful park.  It is busy in the morning with people hurrying through and using it as a shortcut, it is busy in the morning and evening with people exercising, it is busy throughout the day with people meeting and socializing at the restaurants, coffee shop, gelato shop, or frozen yogurt shop that line one side, and it is busy with people just hanging out playing Frisbee or badminton or just sitting on a blanket talking.  It is a great place to relax.

  

     So our first evening venturing into the park, we were stopped by a young Filipino girl who wanted to ask us questions for a survey she was doing for her university class.  She had to ask some demographic questions, one of which was "How old are you?"  Begrudgingly, I'm sure, I answered the question before Eric, and I'm sure I added an "ugh" or an extra-heavy sigh in there when I said "forty-five..."   Not really knowing how to respond to my obvious annoyance of my age and wanting this survey to be a positive experience, she responded with a perky, "That's okay, you're still pretty!"  We all laughed and then finished the survey...which I think was about the use of technology...and then we continued on our way through the park.  She was adorable, and all of about 19 years old.

 

     So, now, whenever we aren't sure what to say because of an awkward moment, or we want to make each other feel better about something...usually trivial...we say to each other, "That's okay.  You're still pretty!"  And we both feel better!

 

Until Next Time,

Eric and Kim