somewhere, somehow, somewhen

I've a locket in my pocket

Feeling a bit frowny today? Well sometimes just a simple act of kindness can -- as the old saying goes -- turn a frown upside down!

Well one day my parents decided we should take a long road trip, which probably wasn't the smartest idea being that our family sometimes put the 'dys' in dysfunction. Now as many know large families tend to have some dysfunction in them. I was one of five children in the family, and being in the middle I was picked on often by one of my brothers.

Along our route my Dad planned to stop and see a few business associates. After a long few days on the road we stopped at one of my Dad's clients homes. The hot car and long ride had made us tired and grouchy, and I had a red mark or three on my legs where my brother had pinched me.

By the time we arrived inside the home, I was in tears. To make matters worse, my parents forcefully told me that I must sit in a chair and not move -- while my brother was still throwing a fit and acting up. I sat and said nothing, but the child inside me was still crying.

Who should walk through the door but a kindly gray haired lady with a smile that lit up the room. She waltzed over to me, smiled and said a few words to me and my day brightened. 'Just a minute dear' she said, and she went into the other room. When she returned she had a gift-wrapped box, and she dropped it in my lap with a few soft words and a big smile.

Well my tears started drying up. In that box was a necklace and earring set with a cross on them. The whole time my father chatted with the couple I was fingering the locket and thinking 'This is so nice.'

We finally left the 'angels' house, and of course things heated up again in the car. It didn't matter though, because whenever I felt bad I just looked at my locket and smiled.

Now though that is not the end of the story. I outgrew the locket through the years, and being rather unorganized I always put it somewhere that I thought it would be safe, only to lose it for some time.

Through the years that locket just followed me around. Anytime that anything is going a bit wrong in my life -- pop! from seemingly out of nowhere to my version of somewhere the locket reappears and always brings a fresh smile to my face and a song to my heart.

I hope that the times I've helped others -- even with just a smile --that it has brightened their day as much as the locket has my life!

posted by Guinorion @ 2:21 PM