Overheard In the Library
Hush hush… first rule of a library.
Our minds be the loudest though.
Had an extremely loud mind that needed a space to relax and sink in the reality of my living.
So I walk into this.. Library.
Everyone’s glued to something.
Something to learn, read, research.. or jus sit in peace.
I was ofcourse one of them.
I had developed reading a bit late into my 20s and was struggling to keep my focus on the pages.
A little while later, I saw this beautiful little boy walk in, with his mother.
He looked so curious. Looked like he walked into his kinda party, so excited.
Looking at him being excited, I was curious what his library day was going to be like..
He whispered to his mom , “I’ve got a list of books I’d like to read”
Mom was visibly excited too to get him all the books he wanted.
She grabbed the list from him.
She exclaimed, “That’s a…lot!”
He snickered.
She made him sit on the chair opposite to mine.
We exchanged a warm smile across the table.
She got him about 15 books atleast in 20 mins or so.
He spread them across the table. So happy like he won the lottery and was verifying all the books his mom got to the table.
He was so overjoyed. He kept looking at his mom and kept smiling as a thank you note sort of for every book he opened.
The whole interaction was jus adorable and made my day better at the hush hush library.
That boy, am sure he’s gonna do great and make his mom proud.
Cheers to him!