Looks from you to your glass and back again.

"What're ya drinkin? I'll get you another."

Motioning with fingers for you to hand her the glass.

Bon yoyage mon cheri

Bon yoyage mon cherie

25 miles
Edwin Starr

Heads off...

picking up my glass
but its empty

okay

"Let yourself be a girl. Let yourself be a woman. Let yourself be all that you are. You are a complete person."

Nods.

nods her head standing meekly

Would you like the link again or...?

feel better? we can work on your strides more later, but it was a good start

or a good place to let my hair down and not concern myself with other people reading stuff into what I say...

um maybe

got thrown out of the room

Just finished with an unpleasant task won't need to do again for another year

"Honestly? I ignore a lot of people. A lot of the time. Because what they're saying to me has no value to me as a person. A lot of the time, out there in real life, people just wanna complain or talk about things that don't really matter."

Nods lots.

"Why do you think I come here? This place is a safe haven for people who believe that...things can be better."

Shrugs.

Hey...what happened?

Too many cases in jobs where "you're a girl" was their excuse for ignoring me

belle de jour {C}:

I am passing through SOI as I do every few months… or years.

Whenever I am here, I look for you.

I love reading your words.

You are profoundly thoughtful and filled with a calm and joyful grace which you express beautifully.

Your perceptions are the antidote for most of what ails us these days.

I hope that {C} understands the gifts that he has and does his best to reciprocate your gifts.

I would stay for a while, which is all I have, but I do not want to interrupt your train of thought, which I am sure others want to read.

looks in again

is grateful to be led back to her stall, her sweaty body wiped down

finishing my iced tea