A gift of kindness

😳A younger man called us “Golden Girls” 🤔

I was sitting there with my friends in a restaurant that we know…

After we had finished our meal the young man that worked there came over to our table to ask us how we were doing.

Yet this is how he said it,

“How are you ‘GOLDEN GIRLS’ doing?”

I was taken aback (that’s “old speak” for shocked) and I hope my face didn’t show it. 😘

But I’m being honest when I say I wondered how this young man might even know about those girls and that TV series?

Was he making a jab at our ages?

Or maybe he thought he had come up with a good name for us women (now past our prime) …

Either way you slice it he seemed a bit “cheeky” to me (that means “bold and a tad rude”). 😉

I’m still not really sure because on his face he wore such a huge smile.

In fact, it was one of the biggest smiles I had ever seen on someone his age.

He seemed like he had some sort of inner joke going on inside of his head.

Maybe he thought he’d “Get our goat.” (That means to have “put one over on us” …like an inside joke between he and himself.)

Or maybe someone he worked with put him up to it.

— who knows.

But his calling us “GOLDEN GIRLS” truly made our day.

— In fact, we all had a good laugh over it.

And we decided to take it as a gift of KINDNESS that he was giving to us —

Because it’s great when someone his age decides to suddenly cheer up a table of “older” women having a nice afternoon out with friends. It was SO unexpected and appreciated!

Seems to me that it was a sort of GIFT that he sprung on us suddenly and out of the blue.

So, the next time someone speaks to you cheerily take it as a gift of kindness.

Unexpected, yet well received.

We all need those little surprises …

I read Ali’s story below and decided to try my hand at it today. Thank you for reading.

AND A HUGE —

Thank you to Ali Hall for your inspiration in the above story “It’s time to get your Kind Creative Juices Flowing.” Check out her story above and consider writing something from her list this year.

Have the best day ever!

Lu💜

Let not your heart be troubled❤️

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