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?
