"Good morning beautiful:)! How r u?" greeted me via text message this morning when I arrived at my office. Funny thing, I have no idea who the sender is. It came from a number unknown to me and my know-it-all iPhone. Just a number.
I started to text back "sorry, wrong number," but it occurred to me that it would be more fun to play with this one. So I tap away, "Uglier every day. I suspect you have the wrong number because no one has accused me of being beautiful in years, but it was fun for a moment, thanks!"
It was fun for a moment, someone shot cupids arrow at their lover and it bounced off the cloud and hit me right in the ass. It's been a long time since anything like cupid's arrow hit me. Don't get me wrong, I love my wife of 26 years...we have a terrific mature marriage, but there was something fresh in this misfired text message that reminded me of feelings I had long ago.
"I'm sorry, someone should tell u ur beautiful every day:)!"
What a response. I was stopped in my tracks. My smart aleck reply to a errant message generated a pearl. A simple, young, naive pearl. Life is full of surprises, and I'm usually busy trying to script all the moments. Today I was reminded that sometimes gems come out of accidents.
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