Things and Whatever

I was going down an aisle and had to excuse me past a guy and he was nice. I found what I was looking for and stopped and a bit later from behind I hear "now it's my turn" so I looked and it was him, we smiled and laughed. I was done and at the end of the aisle was this same gentleman and I said as I went by, "we have to stop meeting like this, people will talk" and we both laughed again and he said "let them" and I went and got in line for the checkout. In a minute a voice behind me said "Let's keep the trend going shall we?" and I turned and laughed and said "only if we give them a really good story." When I had my groceries I turned back and told him to have a great weekend even if it was without me. He said it would be a struggle but he'd try and we both laughed out loud. Not sure if the checkout girl thought we were crazy or not. It was just a really fun moment and I am happy that random happy and kindness is still out ...

  The Climb A short story by Stephanie S. Sommers   “You’ll love it, I promise.” “Lisa, I’m afraid of heights and terrified of falling, how on earth do you think this is a good idea?” “If you give me half an hour then I promise after we can go for a nice safe hike, right?” Kyla grinned even as she rolled her eyes, knowing she would give in and let her best friend talk her into this crazy scheme as she always did.   “Okay, half an hour of death defying and then we keep our feet on the ground.” Kyla laughed when Lisa did and settled back in the seat to watch the scenery as Lisa drove them North across the prairie. Twenty minutes later Lisa slowed the car as they approached the entrance to a canyon, both sides of the road had turnouts and two cars were already parked on one side. Lisa pulled onto the opposite side of the road and parked. When she got out of the little station wagon a voice called out and she waved and jogged across the pavement to talk to the g...