Ashleigh and I went to the park yesterday. There’s a large reserve around our local park, and a man was mowing the lawn with a tractor.
Ashleigh was smitten with the tractor. She watched it for the full half hour that we were at the park, pointing to the different parts and naming them and their colours, waving to the driver,and shouting hello! and beep! at him whenever he passed close enough to hear.
And he waved back. He shouted hello! back. He beeped the horn when Ashleigh cried beep! And he continued to do these things for the full half hour that we were at the park.
Thank you, friendly (patient!) park tractor man. You made my little girl feel very special, when it would have been so easy to ignore her. I raise my glass to you.
When did you last experience the ‘just because’ kindness of a stranger?
Man I adore the friendly stranger. They actually make our day more often than anyone else! x
It’s nice to know in this world today there are still people like this around. Very special.
Oh, how nice! My kids always want to put the bus tickets through on the bus. Most drivers have very little patience for them, but then sometimes you get the ones that play along and even give the kids their own special tickets. It warms my heart when they do that.
That’s lovely! I hope there are more friendly bus drivers in your family’s future.
Ooooh, how my boys love the friendly stranger – the postie who waves and toots, the shopkeeper who waves, the truck driver who toots! So lovely!
Agreed. All hail the friendly stranger! Thanks for visiting, everyone.
So many good people out there if you take the time to notice. I’m always embarrassed when my little one grimaces and hides from the friendly stranger. So hard to tell the bigger kids about stranger danger, they were absolutely shocked that some people aren’t nice.