I was probably around 5 years old. I talked so much everyone was telling me to shut up. Even got bad grades for “conduct” all through elementary cause I talked so much.
The next door neighbor… don’t know how old she was but I know she had nothing but white hair. No one in my life wanted to hear me talk. “Shut up” is what everyone said to me.
She lost her husband. She’d invite me every day for tea. She’d talk with me for hours. She was the only one who wanted to hear me talk. I don’t know if she was just lonely after losing her husband, or if she was just being kind, or both?
either way… I’ll always remember her and her kindness.
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