What I saw

I saw a woman walking {aimlessly} through the shopping centre, stopping at every shop window, never going in.

I saw a couple {tightly} holding hands as they sipped their lattes, eyes locked {almost in tears} and speaking in whispers.

I saw young girls giggling at bright-coloured jeans, jackets and jumpers {and smirking at the girl wearing them}, while they sorted through racks of clothes.

I saw children climbing {pushing and shoving} on a play gym, and talking in screams.

I saw my reflection in a shop front. There I was pushing a pram, brushing hair off my face and singing lullabies to a sleepy baby while squeezing soy sauce on a toddler's sushi.

Did anyone see me? And what did they see?

A mother rushing from baby to toddler, trying {desperately} to weave from one shop to the next?

A woman in a flowing black cardigan, clueless to the child's sticker {pressed with love} on to her top?

A mother listening to {and loving} her toddler's story about a baby doll that needs cuddles to go to sleep?

A woman with darting eyes watching a runaway toddler while cuddling a blanket to her sleeping baby and {struggling} counting coins at the check-out?

I wonder when we look, do we really see? Do we ever really get it right? I say, we see what we want to. And that's ok. Providing some part of us sees there's more to what we see than what we see.

Elisa xx

{Meditating on assumptions and impressions today. Some days I'm not fussed what you see, but on other days I'd be lying if I said I didn't care.}

What did you see today? Anything that made you smile?