A moment worth sharing.
So I'm leaving the Publix with a few last minute groceries for the weekend (Keg Weekend. Everyone wish me luck- big relationship stress-test dead ahead!), and a familiar scenario encroaches on my mental preparations for dinner and weekend. A beat up car, music blaring slows down as it passes me, and a teenage boy leans out the window, grinning. Just as I start to work up a scowl, he looks straight at me and says, politely, 'You're SO pretty!' Then he waves, sits down again, and they speed off. No proposition, no ugly language, no degrading objectification. Just a genuine, no-strings-attached, expectation-free compliment, given in a friendly manner. All I could offer was a surprised 'Thanks!', and a bemused smile at the back of the car as they drove off.

No moral, just a moment. And a smile that just won't go away.