Normally, a trip to the PX serves as a kind of birth control. The terrible behavior of children and the even worse behavior of their parents often encourages me to never have children. Today I witnessed a rare moment in the PX that made me smile and look forward to the sweet raw enthusiasm and innocence of our own child in a few years.
For the past several weeks, there have been new cars in the atrium of the PX mall. Last week, there was an orange car. But today, the orange car had been replaced by a shiny blue Mustang. A mom and a little boy were leaving the food court and approaching the atrium when the little boy said incredulously, "(gasp!) Mom, they painted the car blue!!!" There was so much joy and excitement in his discovery that it was hard not to get caught up in the moment with him, even just overhearing him in passing. The mom explained, "I think that this one is actually a different car." The boy was not convinced. His response: "or maybe they painted the car blue!!"
I'm with the kid. I think they painted the car blue :-)
...and life as a mother is full of moments like this!
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