She's become much more outgoing recently and just goes up to other kids and asks "what's your name?", waits for the answer, and then says enthusiastically, "my name's Mady". Most of the time, the conversation doesn't go much further then there but she'll look up at me with such excitement and repeat the child's name. She'll then ask a few questions about the kid, where do they live, do they have a dog, etc. A little while later once we have left wherever this other childe was, she'll start telling me about them again and say, "aww, she/he's my best friend".
We were at Chick-fil-A the other day, shocker I know, and there was another little girl named Mady. The other Mady was younger than her and the only reason we knew her name was from her grandma. The other Mady did not say a word to Mady and they barely played together but when we left there, right on cue, she said, "aww, she's my best friend".
To Mady, everyone she is meeting is new and exciting and her friend. She never has a mean or unkind thing to say about any of them. She never says she doesn't like someone. She doesn't look at their shoes and say "look at thoses bobos she has on mommy".
If I could look at all of my future relationships with people and my existing ones with the same love that Mady has for all of hers, I would be thrilled. I know I can do this with the help of Jesus who was the first One to look at all of us with a love that I can't even imagine.
So here's to a new outlook on the people that I meet...no worries, I'll still use my keen weirdo radar and make sure I'm not BFF-ing them ;)
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