"Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday dear IISSAA-AACC; Happy Birthday to you!" OR "Spiderman, Spiderman, Does whatever a spider can." There are some birthday's that I've been like Isaac (my 11th , 16th, 18th, my 21st, and 30th) and there are others that I have barely acknowledged. After meeting Isaac, I have decided that this year I am going to be like Isaac. Happy, skipping, and I am most definitely going to wear a hat.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A Skipping, Singing Spider-Man at the Supermarket
I was cruising down the frozen food aisle when I saw him out of the corner of my eye. Donned in a red shirt, brown hair, tan pants, happy birthday hat - he went skipping by muttering something about it being his birthday. I smiled as he passed, but when he turned and came skipping back my direction, I knew that I had to meet him. With his mother close by, I bent down and asked him the obvious, "Is today your birthday?" "It's my natural birthday," he said. I am wondering if this is some new age reference that I am unaware of and as I am pondering - his mom says, "Today is your birthday." So with that established, I stuck out my hand and said, "Hi, my name is Donna." He said, "My name is Isaac." I was thinking that he might be five but I said, "So are you 12 today?" He laughed and said, "No." Then held up six fingers. Isaac tells me, "My birthday party is this weekend." I say to Isaac, "Cool, are you having camels and marshmallows at your party?" "No, I am having a Spider-man party," he said. And at the same time, Issac and I both strike the Spidey throwing web pose in the frozen food aisle. His mom laughs. I turn to her and tell her that I meet a stranger a day and write about it. She asks me the name of my blog and I tell her. "Oh, that is a cute name," she says. And then Isaac comes right up next to me and asks if I am going to write about him and I tell him "Yes." Then in a perfectly poised six year old voice he says, "OK, this is what you need to write......you need to write that I am having my party this weekend, I got a black and brown BB gun today and I am cute." I almost fell to the ground laughing and his mom quickly interjects, "And modest too." Since my ice cream were starting to melt, I told Isaac that I need to go, but that I hoped he had a great birthday and a great party. I wished his mother a great night and good-bye.
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LOL. I like your writing style, and I love that last line. I think we should all be like that. And, as Isaac's mother, I can tell you that he has had a love of hats since birth.
ReplyDeleteI think your goal of meeting one new person a day is admirable. I think society today has become so wary of strangers, people don't reach out their hands anymore. I have to be honest and say that when you first introduced yourself to Isaac, I felt a little cautious. Have we all been programmed to feel that way nowadays? I think it's a shame. And I also think that I'm going to take a page out of your blog and be brave enough to meet new people, too...maybe I'll attract them with crazy hats. :)
Isaac's Mom...I think that a little Spidey would cause anyone to start wanting to skip! He sounds like so much fun! And, I hope he keeps his personality JUST like it is!
ReplyDeleteMiss Donna...I agree with you! This year - I will be excited to be 54...I will skip and jump and wear a crazy hat. (At that point of the day, they'll put me in the home!a)
I know that little fellow from Alexandria La. he is so smart, may his grandmother rest in peace,when he would come to visit he was learning things as a baby!! and when i tell you that is a sharp six year old belive me!!!!!you should hear his mother sing beautiful!!!! I will skip and jump for joy also God is so good and marciful.
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