Standing in line during an unannounced shopping trip i saw her. Amongst the smells of soap scrubbed bodies and between one old woman and a vacant aisle. My wondering eye caught a glimpse of something deeply personal and telling.
What was in her thoughts?
what was in her heart?
Her face torn between facade and honesty. Who was she protecting with her heroic attempts to conceal the pain.
A good samaritan in action or a dutiful daughter helping her mother?
I will never know.
I know what i saw with my eyes and what i felt in my soul. When that average plain expression broke in to an attempt to cry. When i saw wrestling of emmotion. A battle ,wrought across her face,between the need to conceal and the agony of her pain bubbling to the surface. Her valiant recapture of her quaking composure....
was it for her own sake or her companions?
I know what i saw.
For that moment i saw her shine.
A pure heart,good intentions and dutiful kindness winning through. An ordinary face belying an extra-ordinary moment.
I saw her shine....
I wonder if she will ever know?