I was at Nordstrom's tonight, buying new shoes. As I scanned sensible flats, masochistic stilettos, and marveled that the store was still pushing jewel-studded white patent flip flops (cruise wear, I guess) I happened to catch a glimpse of a very dear old friend! Silver gray on top now, instead of that rich cocoa brown that I loved so much.....but one could see that nothing else had changed---just as I remembered and pictured in my head many times over the years.
My very favorite word of all time is "serendipity" and I reserve the use of that word for only very special instances in my life. You know the feeling....that life just doesn't get better than this...and no matter how long ago that serendipitous moment was yours, you know that it is imprinted permanently in your brain. This was one of those times.
I walked away from the sales clerk at that very moment....getting closer and closer to my friend. My heart was racing and many thoughts ran through my mind? Would I be making a fool of myself? Would I be disappointed?
As I got closer, I could see that Birk was just sitting there, waiting for my approach. I reached out and laid my hand against the softness of his skin. Same old Birk! It was like time stood still. Just as we were about to reminisce, the sales clerk came to tell me he had three pairs of shoes for me to try on. I brought the clerk into the moment between Birk and me, explaining that we were very old friends who had lost touch over the years. I told the clerk about all the places we had been together; how we were just ourselves even when it wasn't fashionable to be who were each were; how we had looked after each other and had a reciprocal relationship for a long, long time. Before I left the store, I made arrangements for Birk to come to the house, hopefully to come back into my life for a long, long time!
I bought two pairs of shoes and the sales clerk said that my Cocoa Brown Birkenstocks would be delivered to the house within the next few days. Serendipity......and nothing less!
3 comments:
Well, I am glad that you two are back together. You can rest assured that your relationship will be a monogamous one, as no one is interested in Birk anymore. But, you can just be yourselves together forever and who cares what others think, right? :)
So glad the evening of dreaded shoe shopping ended serendipitiously.
Interesting post..! Well, last night I too got a pair of winter shoes from Nordstrom.
how did I miss this post??
it's so funny! *insert inappropriate comment about socks and your monogamous relationship with Birk here*
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