Ran Into My Little Neighbor At The Grocery Store

sylviatexas1

11 years ago

Little 'Miss Ponytail', now 5 years old, has been my neighbor since she was almost 3.

When I first knew her, she was either too little to talk or too shy to talk to a stranger.

Everything changes.

Yesterday at the grocery store, I heard my name, & there she was!

"Sylvia", she said excitedly, "you're at the store!"

"yep."

Sylvia, when you get home, be sure to do something outside in the yard so when we get home we can say 'Hi, Sylvia!'"

so I did.

& she did.

She makes me smile pretty often.

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gazania_gw

11 years ago

Sylviatexas, How cute, it is such fun to have small kids around again after our own have grown away. My little neighbor girl is 10 now and I have been enjoying her since she was 2. She gave me the best reply I could have wished for when she was close to 4. I have told this story before on this forum, but after your cute memorable experience with you little neighbor, I can't resist telling it again.

While we standing by a little fire burning leaves one day, she complained about the smoke getting in her eyes. I said to her, "the smoke follows beauty like you, but see, it isn't bothering me, because I am not beautiful" .

She looked up at me with her most serious big brown eyes, and said, "but Margaret, you are beautiful to me!" What a kid! Their house is up for sale, I will really miss her

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Georgysmom
11 years ago
What a delight!
gyr_falcon
11 years ago
:-) And now she has made me smile, too.
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blfenton
11 years ago
That is so cute.
janey_alabama
11 years ago
How sweet!
grandmamary_ga
11 years ago
Don't you just love that age! How sweet for you.
matti5
11 years ago
How sweet is that!! Brought a smile to my face too, thanks for sharing!
Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
11 years ago
Very sweet! Enjoyed your story. Here is mine. I'm in the checkout lane and a cart behind me gave me a gentle bump. I whirled in anger only to see the twinkling eyes of my neighbor across the street! He is a practical joker, and you never know what he's up to! It's nice to have good neighbors! Yours sounds adorable!
glenda_al
11 years ago
cute!!!!
angelaid_gw
11 years ago
Made me smile, too!
rob333 (zone 7b)
11 years ago
Awesome neighbor! She sounds like she's a little ray of sunshine. Shone on me all the way over here.

:)
socks
11 years ago
How sweet. It's good for children to have a circle of family, friends and neighbors in their lives. You know what they say: "roots and wings."
linda_6
11 years ago
She sounds like a real sweetie. How cute they are at that age.
lindyluwho
11 years ago
I love 5 y/o kids. My youngest DGD is 5, will be 6 in June. Some days I just need a dose of her special brand of sunshine.
socks
11 years ago
Gazania, it's so sad when nice neighbors move away. Even if you promise to stay in touch, it's never the same.
chisue
11 years ago
It sounds as though Sylvia's neighbor was surprised to see her somewhere other than "where she belongs", at home. Remember when you were a child and you'd see your *teacher* somewhere other than in school?

Gazania -- Love your story, too.

We are lucky to have a Four (girl) and a Ten (boy) in our lives.
WalnutCreek Zone 7b/8a
11 years ago
Great story, Sylvia.
Jasdip
11 years ago
What a little sweetheart! That just makes my heart smile.
PKponder TX Z7B
11 years ago
Your story made me smile too! I'm glad that you shared.
vicsgirl
11 years ago
Lovely!
katlan
11 years ago
Very cute.
sylviatexas1
Original Author
11 years ago
' Remember when you were a child and you'd see your *teacher* somewhere other than in school?'

Yeah!

Now that I think of it, I sometimes didn't/don't recognize people for a moment if they're not in their "uniform" or in the clothes I'm used to seeing on them.

Miss Ponytail probably always saw me before in baggy tee shirt & baggy shorts & rubber garden shoes!
Yayagal
11 years ago
That child made me smile too.
sjerin
11 years ago
That exchange was darling--lucky you! And I'm lucky to have a couple of sweet sisters across the street from me; they always make me smile.
Jasdip
11 years ago
The little exchange between you reminds me of one of our newspaper columnists. For years he'd write a little column, "Sara came by today" and proceeded to tell of the conversations they had. Once she got older of course they stopped but they were adorable.
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11 years ago
Sweet! :0)

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