Understanding people

I have had 2 amazing experiences with people interacting amazingly with Dorian. I got Dorian a watch the other day and it came with 2 charms. The check out person got the watch out for us but didn't see the charms were also zip-tied in. We had to pick up a prescription at another store and Dorian asked the check out person if they had scissors to free them. They didn't but they made a great effort to make sure they got us scissors. I didn't ask them to go above and beyond for us. They did anyway. The person even made sure to talk to Dorian about paw patrol and looked at his watch after the charms were on. That seemingly little thing made my life so much easier. I was prepared for screams and instead I got amazing service from a stranger.

The second was today in the pick up line for Marsi's school. Dorian has never met anyone that wasn't a friend. That means he has zero qualms about going up to random strangers and grabbing them or pretending to bite them like he did today. He decided to do a 6 step routine over and over the 8 minutes we were in line before the doors opened. Walk to the fence, walk to the building, walk to the tree and bite a leaf, walk into stranger #1 pretending to bite his hand, walk into stranger #2 pretending to bite his shirt, then walk to me for a hug. The first round was pure torture as I tried to stop him and apologize. They all just laughed. My favorite response was "We all have kids. We get it.' And that was that. It helps that most of these people have seen Dorian's antics the last couple of weeks while in line. The stranger #2 said "Sometimes God makes us special and full of personality." Yes. Yes He does.

Yes, these are little things. Those people probably already forgot about their kindness. They don't understand how big it is for me to have understanding people around.