Age,and the relevancy of life.

Its been a few days. I guess I got busy for a while there. Keeping the kids occupied.

I had this thought this morning about something that happened to us when we were out. The kids and I that is.

So, There we are Aidan ,Mary and I sitting on a bench in the mall relaxing and taking a moment before continueing on. Aidan is an exceeding friendly boy. He greets anybody he can greet. We have discussions on why some people respond and why some people dont'. I have chosen to tell him that some people know how to, others are shy. He told me the other day, after a local boy had ignored his greeting for about the fourth time. "Im teaching them mom." I was so proud of his childlike reaction. Unbiased by preconcieved ideas and biases.

Back to the story at hand though.

So this nice grey haired spry looking lady sits down next to Aidan. He immediately struck up a conversation with her. She asked how old he was and he said ummmm, two? I dont know why he says that when he knows how old he is, but thats OK , hes only four. So, she says ,are you sure your only two ? I leaned over and together we came up with the figure four. Oh ,she said and made a nice comment about how she would like to be that age.. The lady then got up off the bench and again I say, very spryly walked off. As she got a couple feet away she turned back and said. Young man you may be four but I have a nine in front of that. She smiled and trotted off bags in hand. I said, whats your secret to as she left, but she missed it. I turned to my son and said. Aidan. you were just talking to a 94 year old, that was very special. Of course he had no idea what mom was so flabbergasted about. Oh, the things you can learn sitting on a bench in the mall watching the people go by.