So yesterday, I was at the grocery store with my daughter, Elfie, and this old guy driving a Weasel scooter zips by us, kind of close, and I realize he’s tossed something into our cart. I look down, thinking, “What the hell,” and see. . . an orange balloon animal. So I pick it up, show it to Elfie, and we stand there with our mouths open like we’d just won a million dollars.
The guy sort of circles around the citrus section to drive away, and I say, “Thank you!” He gives us one of those Walter Matthau, grumpy old men smiles and heads off into the sunset.
Elfie turns to me and says, “This is why I like to come to the grocery store. So I don’t miss anything!”
Sometimes the world is a beautiful place.
Tammy Soong is a writer, wife, and mom from Reno, Nevada. She takes an absurd amount of pain medication, but not enough to have actually named her children "Newt" and "Elfie." She spends most days stressing out over clutter, writing stuff for this place, and working on podcasts with her gal pals, the Blogging Betties.
What fun! Balloon animals are so cool!
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And easy! And you can just whip them out in a grocery store…
Awww. That’s kinda cute – even for a hardened man-hating cynic like me.
Even you couldn’t hate this grumpy old dude.
Made me smile – awesome!
(which store?)
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Raley’s on Wedge.
This is adorable. I am a huge fan of grumpy old men, because as a child visiting my grandma in the nursing home, I had a lot of free time and ended up wandering the halls a lot… I ended up befriending a lot of those old grouches. And most of them were just like this- truly nice people, with a gruff exterior.
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My grandpa was a grumpy old man. “Hated” cats. He was the best.
A reminder of how little it takes to make someone’s day.
It’s the small stuff.
I thought it was just a smile that made a difference, but now its balloons …
LOVE it xxxx
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I think a smile still works most of the time.;)
I want to shop with you.
Or at least Elfie. She’s the one that’s got it goin’ on.
“So I don’t miss anything.” Your daughter is destined for a happy life. She gets it already!
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Right? I need lessons from her.
awesome. some of the best things in life are unexpected and unplanned.
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Usually that’s the case.