Beautiful Stranger

This morning, I got up and got ready for my nail appointment. I went to a new place that a friend of mine had suggested. Just to let everyone know where I am coming from, I do not believe in coincidences, I believe things happen the way they are supposed to. I also believe with each person you meet, you are either the teacher or the student, sometimes both. So, on with the story.

I go into the nail place and it was all people of Asian decent there. I love talking to them, I like to find out where they are from and how they came to America and about their culture. I start talking to this beautiful young lady who is doing my nails. I mean she was really pretty, super model pretty. Of course, we talk about whether we are married, how many children, typical shop talk. I proceed to tell her that I have no children that my hubby and I are adopting. She proceeds to tell me about the orphanages in her country. I believe she was from Vietnam, she never really said which country she was from, the other people in the shop were from Vietnam so I am guessing she was too. Anyway, I asked how she knew of the conditions of the orphanages in her country seeing that she was not adopted.

This young lady proceeds to tell me how each time she goes to her country she goes to visit. She pulls out 2 small photo albums and tells me about some of the children in the photos. She says she felt really bad that this one little girl had died since the last time she went to visit. She continues to tell me that she takes her son so that he can see how other children live so he will learn to appreciate what he has. She then tells me that she takes all the money she can and gives it to the orphanage when she goes. The hairs on my neck and arms stand up straight. I was so touched and moved by all of this. What a wonderful lesson to teach a child. Needless to say this beautiful stranger is beautiful inside and out.

She asked me to please keep coming to the shop, she enjoyed talking to me and is so happy for us. She also wants to meet our baby when we get him. I of course will continue to go to her not just for the conversation but she does wonderful work.

You never know how beautiful a stranger can be until you take the time to look and listen.