Okay, So It Happened . . .

Someone went two-hands-in, for my hair.

I was sitting out in the sunshine.  In the vast and busy plaza of a train station in Shenzhen, waiting for my hubby to return from picking up his 2 business suits that he paid a Shenzhen tailor to make for him.  

I saw her a mile away.  She was smiling from ear-to-ear and making a bee-line for me.  With each step closer she kept saying, “Hello.”  Finally she was right in my face.  Like, nose-to-nose.

She giggled and said, “Hello" with a smile as bright as Miss America.  I smiled back and said, “Hello."  

Then she pointed at me and said, “Pretty”, and giggled.  I returned the compliment, “You’re pretty.”  She giggled some more.

Then she put both hands in my hair.  I saw it coming, like in super slow motion.  Her arms moving up as she was saying, “Helloooooooooo", again.  It took everything in me not to flinch away.  But I think I didn't because she was looking at my curls in the palm of her hand with the wide-eyed wonder of a child.  

After a few seconds, I said, “Bye bye”.  She nodded, understanding, and with each step away she kept smiling at me saying, “Bye bye” in return. 

Then, I swear to goodness, I saw her skipping away to her destination.

Harmless.

~SS