Happy thoughts
July 4, 2010
Walking around downtown Seattle – specifically, Pioneer Square – with a red helium balloon attached to your handbag is a fun thing to do. I kept forgetting the balloon (a present from my friend Tina) was there so when people asked me about it, I just made something up.
When I passed Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, a tall man with dreadlocks called after me.
“Hey, Miss! What’s that balloon for?”
I shrugged. “Happy thoughts?”
“I’m having happy thoughts, seeing that smile,” he said to me.
And then I had happy thoughts, too.
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