little girls

What an absolutely gorgeous day we had yesterday! Sunny, light winds and in the low 70's. I rode in the morning and then came home and met Mike for lunch, and then he went back to work with his cross-bike (so he could go and train directly from his office) and I went to work the afternoon.

This young woman came in [to the bike shop] with her daughter about 15 minutes after I got there. The bolt had broken on her trail-a-bike and she needed a part. Cody was helping someone else, so I tried to find a replacement part...(I still don't know where to look to find stuff). I was chatting away to kill time while I looked through a bunch of "tool drawers", hoping I could keep her occupied until Cody was available. The little girl whispered something in her Mom's ear.

The Mom could see that I saw her do this, and so she smiled and said, "She said you're very pretty!" The little girl was very embarrassed that her Mom told me. "I TOLD you NOT to tell her", the little girl said! Her Mom said, when you have something nice to say, you should tell the person. I smiled and said "Yeah, especially since you just made my day!"

When Alli (the little girl) left with her Mom (I found the right part!), she asked her Mom if it was ok if she took my business card. I gave her my card, and a free "Trek" sticker. I think she was no more than 5 years old. I felt good the rest of the day.

Thank heavens for little girls!