An Unwrapped Moment

This week I’m participating in something I’ve yet to participate in. Shame on me! It’s  Tuesdays Unwrapped offered by Emily.

Before I share further let me just tell you one thing: I ADORE Emily! She’s an online friend that stepped into my life in flesh and blood and I adore her both ways.

I’m not 100% sure I'm following the rules about what to post on Tuesdays Unwrapped, but yesterday my daughter and I witnessed something that I wanted to post about anyway and thought it might fit the bill.

We were in Walmart and looked down the aisle that houses the baby shoes. A young man was examining a pair of tiny little boy sneakers. Oh, to have captured the expression on his face as he turned them this way and that examining every angle! It was obvious that he was either expecting a baby boy or already had one because his look was one of sheer delight. You could almost see the wheels turning in his head as he thought of the little feet that would fit those shoes and all the ball games where those little feet would run back and forth making him beam with pride. For that moment, he was in his own world of daydreams of his son, Walmart and anyone in Walmart didn’t exist.

My daughter and I both happened to glance at him at the same time and catch this beautiful moment of fatherhood. We looked at one another and smiled and later talked about what a gorgeous moment that was in our day. I hope as that little boy grows up he knows what a treasure he is to his daddy.