We just got home from a weekend trip to Denver. Before we even left Dallas, I knew it would be a good trip because I met all kinds of happy people in the airport!
Mr. Guy and The Lady wanted some holy donuts for a snack on the airplane. I’m not exactly sure what makes a donut holy, but they went into a store and asked for holy donuts and the nice lady behind the counter filled a bag with them and gave it to Mr. Guy. Then the cheerful lady behind the counter asked all about me. Mr. Guy and The Lady told her about how we travel and meet new people and about my 100 People Project. She said that sounded like fun and was happy to be #37 of my 100 People!
Ms. Lashanna shared her holy donuts and her smile with us. What a great start to our trip! I still don’t understand the whole holy donut thing, but if they make everyone cheerful, I guess that’s all I need to understand.
After we met Ms. Lashanna, we went to sit at our gate to wait for our airplane. There we met more happy people! Ms. Shelby was sitting across from us. She asked what my name was. Mr. Guy told her that I was his little blue and orange furry monster, Blueper B. She said that she had a little monster too. His name was Baby Ivan. He didn’t look like a monster to me. He was a cute little boy. Ms. Shelby told us that she liked to call him her little monster. We talked to Ms. Shelby for a long time while she and Baby Ivan ate their lunch and we ate some of our donuts. Even though Ms. Shelby had some sad things happening in her life, she was still cheerful and smiling. That made me smile too!
Ms. Shelby said she and Baby Ivan would also love to have their picture taken with me! I was excited about that, but Baby Ivan wasn’t too sure that he wanted me to be that close to his mommy…or maybe it was that close to his chicken nugget. I think he thought that I might try to eat his chicken nugget. I wouldn’t do that! Most of the time Mr. Guy and The Lady feed me well. I don’t have to take food from sweet little babies!
There are lots of terrible things going on in the world and sometimes it is hard to smile. We were lucky to meet all of these nice people. There was also another lady sitting beside us while we were talking to Ms. Shelby. That Lady had to leave her house in Florida because of Hurricane Irma, which was on its way close to her home. Her family wanted her way far away from Florida so that she would be safe. Even though she was facing the unknown of this great big storm, this lady too was cheerful. I didn’t have time to have my picture taken with her. I do keep thinking about her, hoping that her home is safe and that she is still smiling.
I will probably never see Ms. Lashanna, Ms. Shelby, Baby Ivan, or the nice lady that was sitting next to us ever again, but I will always remember the smiles and happy conversations that we shared for a few minutes in the airport on that day. The world would be a much better place if everyone made a point to share smiles and kind words every day!